The weapons were being smuggled from Iran to Yemen, where a civil war is ongoing.
—an effort to keep Ukrainian forces supplied as western allies become increasingly divided internally on whether to continue sending their own supplies.The U.S. has already sent 1.1 million rounds of Iranian ammunition to Ukraine and is expected to send the remaining weapons soon, U.S. Central Command
The weapons were seized by the U.S. Navy from a stateless group that was transiting the weapons from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to Houthi forces in the Yemeni civil war, officials said. Additionally, the Navy seized more than 9,000 rifles, 284 machine guns, approximately 194 rocket launchers, more than 70 anti-tank guided missiles and more than 700,000 rounds of ammunition that were in transit from Iran to Yemen, the Justice Department
The U.S. is transferring those weapons, as well as others that were seized while being smuggled to Yemen, to Ukraine as well, multipleMeanwhile, Biden and Republicans are locked in a battle over how much the U.S. will spend to aid Ukraine in its defense against the Russian invasion. Biden has asked for $24 billion in additional aid to send to Ukraine, but many Republicans are against spending that much money.
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