US transfers thousands of seized Iranian guns, rocket launchers and munitions to Ukraine
Source: CNN Politics
Published 10:24 AM EDT, Tue April 9, 2024
This handout photo from US Central Command posted to X shows weapons seized from Iran that the US government transferred to Ukraine on April 4. From US Central Command
CNN The US transferred thousands of machine guns, sniper rifles, rocket launchers and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition seized from Iran to Ukraine last week, US Central Command announced on Tuesday. Ukraine has been suffering from shortages of weapons and munitions on the battlefield in its war against Russia, with the US unable to send more equipment from its own stockpiles until more funding is approved by Congress.
CENTCOM said the materiel transferred to Ukraine is enough to equip one Ukrainian brigade around 4,000 personnel with small-arms rifles. These weapons will help Ukraine defend against Russias invasion, CENTCOM said in a statement.
The munitions were originally seized by the US military and its partners from four separate transiting stateless vessels between 22 May 2021 to 15 Feb 2023, but the US government did not obtain ownership of the equipment via the Justice Departments civil forfeiture process until December of last year, CENTCOM said.
It is not the first time the US has transferred seized Iranian military equipment to the Ukrainians. The US transferred over one million rounds of seized Iranian ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces in October, CNN previously reported.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/09/politics/us-iran-arms-ukraine/index.html
niyad
(113,534 posts)groundloop
(11,521 posts)sybylla
(8,526 posts)This news eased a my panic for Ukraine a bit. While I'm here, fuck the Moscow Traitors in Congress.
dutch777
(3,035 posts)ShazzieB
(16,497 posts)maxsolomon
(33,384 posts)Small arms are a Band-Aid on a chest wound.
Republicans are horrible people.
AverageOldGuy
(1,542 posts)Artillery is the biggest killer on the battlefield. The purpose of war is not small arms target practice, it is killing as many of them with the least effort. A 155 round is a beautiful killer.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)although the words "beautiful killer" seem to be somewhat incongruous. 🤔
I might be mistaken, but I feel the Russian people aren't totally behind this war against Ukraine. I take no joy in killing ordinary Russians. Putin has put prisoners to battle with offers of freedom, and many young men of military age have fled the country, most of whom will probably never return as long as Putin is dictator.
Putin has hired a shitload (that's a military term, correct?)
of mercenaries to fight Ukraine, and if there's anyone who could be, "beautifully killed", it's them.
I hope the republican Congressional bozos will stop this insane boycott of sending arms to Ukraine. It really pisses me off!
mitch96
(13,924 posts)aid to Ukraine are ok....for now. Who knows what the future brings...
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Botany
(70,567 posts)It is what is needed to be done.
calimary
(81,441 posts)MORE please!
Find the work-arounds, Dems!!! Or start coming up with some new ones of your own.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,496 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,844 posts)giving Ukraine what it needs, for the sole reason that it would piss off Putin.......Our number one ENEMY.........
Their rationale being similar to the logic and reason displayed in ALICE IN WONDERLAND.....
WASF
OMGWTF
(3,972 posts)of which Putin is the Chairman.
These "New" Republicans, and Putin, are one and the same........They both are not only interested in turning their nations upside down, but rocking the entire world, and the planet earth, with their Psychotic Tyrannies........
mopinko
(70,202 posts)every decent size pd in america has a closet full of weapons. send them.
republianmushroom
(13,670 posts)FakeNoose
(32,726 posts)maxsolomon
(33,384 posts)Russian weapons are in common use in Ukraine.
Warpy
(111,332 posts)so this is really, really good news. It's just shameful that we have to do things this way.
iluvtennis
(19,868 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,409 posts)orangecrush
(19,611 posts)They needed a major aid package a long time ago.
Backseat Driver
(4,394 posts)In Putin's irrational rage and allowing Pandora's box to pass to his offensive troops lots of mistakes...
Evolve Dammit
(16,760 posts)4lbs
(6,858 posts)Russia has been attacking Ukraine using some weird three-way Iran-China-North Korea deal for months now.