The US military sent about 1. 1 million bullets taken from Iran last year to Ukraine.
The US Central Command (Centcom), which is responsible for operations in the Middle East, has said that they took possession of the bullets from a ship heading towards Yemen in December.
Ukraine’s friends from the West recently said that it’s becoming hard for them to make enough bullets for Ukraine because Ukraine is using them up quickly.
Centcom states that the Iranian rounds were taken to Ukraine on Monday.
They included bullets that were 7. 62mm size and were used in rifles and light machine-guns from the Soviet era.
Although the number is important, it only makes up a small portion of the many rounds of ammunition that have been given to Ukraine by its allies.
The US has given over 200 million bullets and grenades.
The US navy took control of Iranian weapons from a ship called MARWAN 1 on December 9th.
The US government got ownership of them in July using a method called civil forfeiture. This method allows the government to take away someone’s property if they suspect the person is involved in illegal activities.
In this situation, someone made a complaint against Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is part of Iran’s military and has the job of protecting their government.
The US said it is working with allies to stop Iran from sending dangerous weapons to the region, using legal methods.
Iran supports the Houthi rebels in the civil war happening in Yemen. However, the UN Security Council has prohibited the transfer of weapons to the group since 2015.
The fighting in Yemen started in 2014 when a group called the Houthis captured the main city of Sanaa and kicked out the government.
The government that was forced out of power is still seen as the official government of Yemen by the international community. It is supported by a group of countries led by Saudi Arabia, as well as the United States and the United Kingdom.
Since the second half of last year, people have accused Iran multiple times of giving Russia weapons, especially drones, to use in the war in Ukraine.
The move to send weapons to Ukraine is happening because Western allies are worried about whether they can keep giving weapons to Kyiv.
Admiral Rob Bauer, who leads NATO’s military committee, mentioned at the Warsaw Security Forum on Monday that the situation has become very serious.
He said that because they hadn’t invested enough money for many years, the Nato countries didn’t have enough ammunition when the war started.