Israel could have already handed over to Ukraine some of the Russian weapons it seized from terrorists
Israel has probably started transferring Soviet and Russian-made weapons captured during the fighting in Lebanon to Ukraine. This is evidenced by data on flights of US Air Force C-17 military transport aircraft from Israel to Poland, which were discovered by the OSINTdefender project.
Here's What We Know
The C-17s reportedly flew from Ramstein Air Base in Germany to Israel's Hatzerim Air Base, from where they were sent to Rzeszow, Poland. Rzeszów is the main logistics centre for military aid to Ukraine. One C-17 is capable of carrying up to 77 tonnes of cargo, which can include a significant amount of weapons.
On 21 January, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel offered to hand over captured Russian-made weapons to Ukraine. This refers to samples seized in Lebanon or from other opponents of Israel, including the Hezbollah group.
Seized weapons from Lebanon. Illustration: Yigal Levin
Earlier it became known that the United States, Israel and Ukraine are negotiating the supply of Patriot anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine, which are being decommissioned in Israel. In addition, in November, it was reported that Israel was considering the possibility of using the weapons captured from Hezbollah to create new anti-tank units.
The seized weapons include missiles for Metis-M and Kornet ATGMs, Iranian Almas, Strela-2 portable air defence systems, RPG-29 Vampire, RPG-27 Tavolga, small arms, ammunition and explosives. Some of the weapons were manufactured in Iran, the DPRK, China and other countries.
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