The US has handed over weapons and more than 500,000 rounds of ammunition to Ukraine. These were confiscated when they were delivered by Iran to the Houthi rebels in Yemen.
Around 5,000 AK-47 assault rifles, sniper rifles and machine guns as well as around 500,000 rounds of ammunition were secured.
The US government says it has sent thousands of seized machine guns from Iran to Russia-attacked Ukraine .
The weapons were seized by the US military and allied forces on four unflagged ships in the Arabian Sea between 2021 and 2023, the US Department of Justice said on Tuesday.
The ships were on their way from Iran to Yemen .
According to the US government, the following were secured:
around 5,000 AK-47 assault rifles
Sniper rifles and machine guns
about 500,000 rounds of ammunition
According to the Justice Department, Iran wanted to send the weapons to Houthi rebels in Yemen in violation of a UN Security Council resolution. The USA consequently declared the ammunition to be its property.