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The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) announced that the U.S. government has transferred confiscated arms and ammunition from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a> (IRGC) to Ukraine to aid the country in defending itself against Russian aggression.<\/p>\n The IRGC had previously intended to supply these weapons and ammunition to Houthi rebels in Yemen, but the shipments were intercepted by U.S. military personnel stationed in the region.<\/p>\n According to CENTCOM’s statement on Tuesday, April 9, the transferred weapons included 5,000 Kalashnikov rifles, rifles for snipers, RPGs, and over 500,000 rounds of ammunition. These items were seized from four different ships that were attempting to transport them to Yemen.<\/p>\n The confiscation and subsequent transfer occurred between May 22, 2021, and February 15, 2023.<\/p>\n The U.S. government, which had obtained ownership of these confiscated items against the IRGC through a decree from the Ministry of Justice on December 1, 2023, provided them to Ukraine on April 4 of this year.<\/p>\n In its statement, CENTCOM deemed the IRGC’s actions in smuggling weapons to Yemen as a violation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2216, adopted in 2015, which prohibits destabilizing activities in Yemen, such as the transfer of weapons to the country.<\/p>\n U.S. Government Transfers Captured Weapons<\/p>\n On Apr. 4, 2024, the U.S. government transferred over 5,000 AK-47s, machine guns, sniper rifles, RPG-7s and over 500,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces. This constitutes enough materiel to equip one UKR BDE\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Ydecq6OFAo<\/a><\/p>\n — U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) April 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n