Thousands of Machine Guns and Sniper Rifles Seized en Route from Iran to Yemen Transferred to Ukrainian Armed Forces

On April 4, the United States completed the transfer of a significant cache of weapons and ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces. The armaments, which included over 5,000 AK-47s, machine guns, sniper rifles, RPG-7s, and more than 500,000 rounds of ammunition, were seized by U.S. Central Command and partner naval forces from vessels in the Arabian Sea en route from Iran to Yemen.Attorney General Merrick B. Garland highlighted the dual purpose of the weapons transfer, stating, "With this weapons transfer, the United States government is both disrupting Iran’s...

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