Washington | The Pentagon has provided Ukraine with thousands of Iranian-origin weapons seized en route to Houthi militants in Yemen, US officials said on Tuesday (Wednesday AEST), marking the Biden administration’s latest infusion of emergency support for Kyiv while a multibillion-dollar aid package remains stalled in Congress.

The weapons include 5000 Kalashnikov rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, along with half-a-million rounds of ammunition. They were discovered aboard four “stateless vessels” between 2021 and 2023 and made available for Ukraine through a Justice Department civil forfeiture program targeting Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to US Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East.

Washington Post