RPGs and anti-tank missiles, as well as missile launchers designed in Brazil, have so far been sent to Moscow’s central military command.
By Miltos Sakellaris
With a great tribute to o Guardian refers to the way in which Russia takes ammunition and military equipment derived from Iraq in an effort to bolster its military offensive in Ukraine. An invasion, which despite the persistent efforts of the Russian army, seems – day by day – to end in a stalemate.
According to the report, the Kremlin is strengthening its military equipment with the help of Iranian arms smuggling networks, as pointed out by members of the Iraqi militia supported by Iran. But this process is being done through Iraq. What is involved in the smuggling of arms from Russia? RPGs and anti-tank missiles, as well as missile launchers designed in Brazil, have so far been sent to Moscow’s central military administration.
According to the Guardian, an Iranian-made missile system Bavar 373similar to the Russian S-300, was also given to Moscow by the Tehran authorities, who also returned an S-300, according to a source who helped organize the transport.
It is indicative that Russia’s strategy has now changed direction, with Moscow being forced to rely on Iran, which is a military ally in Syria, following new sanctions triggered by the invasion of Ukraine. These developments also have an impact on the arms trade as a whole. In the past, Iraq has hosted US and Western troops since its overthrow. Saddam Hussein in 2003, and the United States has trained and supplied various units of the Iraqi army and special forces to defend the Baghdad government against the insurgency. After two decades of war, the country is full of weapons.
It is characteristic that a large part of it has passed legally into the hands Shiite groups Iranian-backed militias opposed to the US presence in the country, but since 2016 have been formally integrated into the Iraqi armed forces as part of the fight against Islamic State.
These groups are known for their victories against the “caliphate” of the Islamic State, a fact that has turned them into powerful agents in the security system in Iraq.
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