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Pentagon Sending US Arms Stored in Israel to Ukraine, Reports Suggest
Pentagon Sending US Arms Stored in Israel to Ukraine, Reports Suggest
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The US Department of Defense is tapping into a vast stockpile of US ammunition in Israel to divert it to Ukraine
2023-01-18T05:29+0000
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According to the report , in 2022 the United States and Israel reached an agreement to move about 300,000 155-millimeter shells. The American military hardware and munitions stockpile has its origins in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, when the US airlifted weapons to resupply Israeli forces.Earlier, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Israel would not supply weapons to Ukraine. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 in response to calls by the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics for protection from Ukrainian troops. The Russian Defense Ministry said the operation, which targets Ukrainian military infrastructure, aims to "demilitarize and denazify" Ukraine, and to completely liberate Donbass. Western nations have imposed numerous sanctions on Russia and have been supplying weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said any cargo that contains weaponry for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia.However, Washington has been acting behind the scenes to collect enough shells to keep Ukraine sufficiently supplied in 2023.
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Pentagon Sending US Arms Stored in Israel to Ukraine, Reports Suggest
05:29 GMT 18.01.2023 (Updated: 17:06 GMT 20.04.2023) MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US Department of Defense is tapping into a vast stockpile of US ammunition in Israel, which provides arms and ammunition for the Pentagon to use in Middle East conflicts, to help meet Ukraine's need for artillery shells in the conflict with Russia, American press reported citing US and Israeli officials.
According to the report , in 2022 the United States and Israel reached an agreement to move about 300,000 155-millimeter shells. The
American military hardware and munitions stockpile has its origins in the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, when the US airlifted weapons to resupply Israeli forces.
Earlier, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Israel would not supply weapons to Ukraine.
Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 in response to calls by the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics for protection from Ukrainian troops. The Russian Defense Ministry said the operation, which targets Ukrainian military infrastructure, aims to "demilitarize and denazify" Ukraine, and to completely liberate Donbass.
Western nations have imposed numerous sanctions on Russia and have been
supplying weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said any cargo that contains weaponry for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia.
However, Washington has been acting behind the scenes to collect enough shells to keep Ukraine sufficiently supplied in 2023.
