Sources of the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal say that the US authorities are considering the possibility of transferring to Ukraine smuggled Iranian weapons and ammunition intercepted by the US fleet off the coast of Yemen.
Iran, in violation of a UN resolution, provides weapons to the Yemeni Houthi rebels.
In recent months, US warships have seized 5,000 assault rifles, 1.6 million rounds of ammunition, a “small number” of anti-tank missiles and about 7,000 radio fuses in the sea around Yemen.
The day before, the Washington Post also published a column calling for the transfer of Iranian weapons to Ukraine, which American and French warships seize off the coast of Yemen. It was about “thousands of machine guns similar to Russian ones, dozens of ATGMs and more than 500,000 rounds of ammunition” captured by the US and allies in the last two months alone.
This unusual decision will open up a new source of weapons that the United States and its allies can use to meet the needs of Ukraine in military support, – write the authors of the article, experts from the Center for a New American Security – former CIA analyst Andrea Kendall-Taylor and director of the Middle East security program. Lord.
The administration of US President Joe Biden must find a legal justification for removing weapons from one conflict and transferring them to another. The UN arms embargo requires the US and its allies to destroy, retain or dispose of seized weapons.
Source: Racurs
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