American edition: US considers transfer of weapons intercepted off the coast of Yemen to Ukraine

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American edition: US considers transfer of weapons intercepted off the coast of Yemen to Ukraine

The Ukrainian army may be armed with Iranian weapon, The United States plans to transfer to Kyiv a batch of weapons intercepted off the coast of Yemen, allegedly belonging to Iran and destined for Yemeni rebels. It is reported by The Wall Street Journal.

According to the American publication, citing sources in the United States and Europe, Washington is considering replenishing Ukraine's arsenals with weapons intercepted by US Navy ships off the coast of Yemen during patrols. According to the US military, it allegedly belongs to Iran and was intended for Yemeni rebels fighting against government forces.



According to available data, we are talking about 5 assault rifles, 1,6 million rounds of ammunition for them, a small number of anti-tank missiles and more than 7 proximity fuses. There are no other details about the intercepted cargo. The White House does not comment on the information received, the Biden administration refused to provide any information on this fact.

According to the UN arms embargo, the United States and its allies must store all intercepted weapons in their warehouses or destroy them, and not transfer them to third countries, including Ukraine, with which the West rushes like a chicken and an egg. Legally, such a deal is prohibited, so Washington is looking for a legislative loophole so that they can eat fish and not break the law.

Whether there is a shortage of small arms in the Ukrainian army is unknown, but there are facts of training of those mobilized in the Armed Forces of Ukraine without weapons. The day before, a video of the training of Ukrainian recruits with tree branches instead of machine guns appeared on the Web.

Meanwhile, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin said yesterday at a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels that since the beginning of the Russian special military operation, the United States and its allies have supplied arms to Ukraine worth $50 billion.
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    1. 0
      15 February 2023 07: 05
      But is it a pity for Western weapons, or is there nothing left to transfer that it has come to confiscation ?!
      1. +4
        15 February 2023 07: 36
        The US doesn't care about the UN arms embargo. As well as the UN itself, which is essentially a department of the US State Department.
    2. +10
      15 February 2023 07: 07
      Yes, they will simply rewrite the law and give it to hoh.lams, the UN rules are for wimps and Papuans, and not for the USA, they were written.
      1. +2
        15 February 2023 07: 11
        Vladimir 80 hi, they won’t rewrite anything, they don’t need it, in their desire to destroy R.F. as a state, the West has lost all decorum and does not intend to follow its own rules of the game, the stakes are too high, too a tasty morsel.
        1. +8
          15 February 2023 07: 20
          I say that the rules are made for the weak, the strong can not follow them ...
    3. 0
      15 February 2023 07: 08
      5 thousand assault rifles, 1,6 million cartridges for them

      And why did ours slam it?
      1. 0
        15 February 2023 20: 00
        Because ours have nothing to do with the interception of these weapons. The Americans took it, they store it in their warehouses. Therefore, without any problems they will be able to send it to Poland, and there ...
    4. +2
      15 February 2023 07: 13
      They robbed the Houthis, robbed the Iranians and the whole world is silent.
      If only we could confiscate Western weapons for Ukraine and transfer them to the fighters of the LDNR.
      1. 0
        15 February 2023 08: 04
        Quote: Lech from Android.
        They robbed the Houthis, robbed the Iranians and the whole world is silent.
        If only we could confiscate Western weapons for Ukraine and transfer them to the fighters of the LDNR.

        This was possible until 2022, and now the forces of the LDNR are part of the RF Armed Forces. Officially.
    5. +1
      15 February 2023 07: 15
      The United States plans to transfer to Kyiv a batch of weapons intercepted off the coast of Yemen
      And the Americans can also release their arsenals with WW2 small arms: Garand rifles, M3A1 PP ... Everything for "victory", everything for disposal.
      1. +3
        15 February 2023 07: 20
        rotmistr60 hi, and it will come to this, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are running around with machine guns a la MG-42. And even be proud.
        1. +1
          15 February 2023 07: 30
          why a la? they wrote that the Bundes were handed over to them from NZ warehouses and MG42. If I don’t confuse, they wrote in VO. The Italians supply them with MG3 (the same MG42 only for NATO 7.62x51).
    6. -1
      15 February 2023 07: 29
      Yes, they will not bother with the search for excuses for violating their legislation! All will be passed on. They say, according to the laws of war. And most likely they have been transmitting for a long time! This once again confirms that they have a war with us. And we have CBO with them.
    7. 0
      15 February 2023 08: 07
      According to the UN arms embargo, the United States and its allies must store all intercepted weapons in their warehouses. or destroy
      So they will be sent to / to 404 for disposal in the hands of those who have been raked in for burial.
    8. +1
      15 February 2023 08: 08
      The United States seizes ships with cargo far from its territorial waters, in neutral waters, or in the waters of other states, and this is precisely piracy, and the embargo is a pretext, stop talking with the wording offered by mattress covers. Each action must be formulated in accordance with the agenda.
    9. 0
      15 February 2023 09: 25
      All the same, they will study with sticks (the video is already on the network) The confiscated, all the more, will not be taken into account for help, will be stolen instantly

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