DISINFO: Ukrainian weapons supplied by the US used by Hamas
SUMMARY
There have long been allegations that weapons funded by the U.S. end up in other countries, with Ukrainian politicians accused of embezzling supplies that resurface even in Russia. Evidence that Ukrainian weapons are reaching Palestine includes video footage taken by a field commander, which shows equipment manufactured to Soviet standards, currently only used by Ukraine. Similar equipment was confiscated from detained Palestinian personnel. The markings on rocket launchers have already been decoded, indicating ties to the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Mukachevo.
RESPONSE
Disinformation campaign against arm deliveries to Ukraine using the violent attacks of Hamas against Israel. This disinfo campaign seeks to exploit public criticism of Hamas, but the purpose is to undermine Western public support to arms deliveries to Ukraine by suggesting or implying the existence of a large-scale arms flow or even EU/US policy to support the Palestinian organisation Hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the EU and US. Rather, it seems that Hamas receives arms supplies from Iran.
There is no evidence to suggest that weapons on a larger scale supplied by NATO allies to Ukraine for self-defence, have been diverted to Hamas. Pro-Kremlin outlets have repeatedly made similar accusations in the past, also with ISIS, again without any credible evidence.
There are special programmes put in place to Counter Illicit Diversion of Certain Advanced Conventional Weapons in Eastern Europe.
According to Mythdetector:
The claims voiced in videos and posts that are actively circulated by Russian, pro-Russian, and anti-Western accounts are without evidence. No information about the confession of a member of Hezbollah about negotiations with Ukraine can be found in open sources. In the past, Russian propaganda has repeatedly voiced accusations that the weapons given to Ukraine by the West end up on the black market, which was aimed at reducing the aid received from the West. However, so far, there is no evidence to support such allegations.
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