U.S. Transfers Seized Weapons From Iraq To Ukraine

The US will transfer thousands of seized Iranian weapons and rounds of ammunition to Ukraine, in a move that could help alleviate some of the critical shortages facing the Ukrainian military as it awaits more funding and equipment from the US and its allies, as reported by Natasha Bertrand for CNN.

US Central Command (Centcom) has already transferred over one million rounds of seized Iranian ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces. I Photo: Sgt. Christopher Bigelow, DVIDS / U.S. Department of Defense

US Central Command (Centcom) has already transferred over one million rounds of seized Iranian ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces, as announced on Wednesday. The transfer took place on Monday, as stated by the command.

"The government acquired ownership of these munitions on July 20, 2023, through the Department of Justice's civil forfeiture claims against Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)," the statement said.

The Justice Department had announced in March that it was seeking the forfeiture of one million rounds of Iranian ammunition, thousands of proximity fuses for rocket-propelled grenades, and thousands of pounds of propellant for rocket-propelled grenades that the Navy had seized from Iran while in transit to Yemen.

"These munitions were initially seized by U.S. Central Command naval forces from the transiting stateless dhow MARWAN 1 on December 9, 2022. The munitions were being transferred from the IRGC to the Houthis in Yemen in violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216," the statement added.

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