The move comes as the Defense Department runs low on money to transfer arms to Kyiv.
The Pentagon has transferred more than 1 million rounds of ammunition seized from Iran to Ukraine, the U.S. military announced Wednesday, a move that comes as congressional infighting threatens to delay or derail aid to Kyiv.
The transfer, which took place Monday, is aimed at helping Kyiv’s forces push through Russia’s defensive lines before winter arrives. It comes as funding for Ukraine has fallen victim to political infighting in the House, where a group of hardline Republican members are opposing any additional aid to the conflict.
Lawmakers over the weekend passed a last-minute spending bill to avert a government shutdown through mid-November, but stripped the legislation of Ukraine funding.
The shipment of 1.1 million 7.62 mm rounds to the Ukrainian armed forces has been in the works for months, according to U.S. Central Command spokesperson Capt. Abigail Hammock.
U.S. Navy forces originally seized the munitions, which can be fired by AK-47 rifles, from a stateless dhow that was shipping them from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the Houthis in Yemen on Dec. 9, 2023, according to a statement.
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