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Al Arabiya: Ukraine seizes Iran-bound plane ‘carrying missiles’
Ukraine has announced that it has seized an airplane destined for Iran loaded with arms at Kiev’s Zhulyany Airport.
The plane was reported on Sunday carrying Russian-made anti-tank guided missiles.
The Russian agency Interfax confirmed that the weapons were discovered by Ukraine’s border police in Kiev’s airport following a search of 17 containers that were not registered in the flight’s cargo manifesto.
A spokesman said that three containers were found to be storing the missiles – which are light weight, infrared guided anti-tank missiles – while the remaining storage boxes contained airplane spare parts.
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WNU Editor: Not many details on this seizure have been released .... and no one else is reporting on it .... but anti-tank guided missiles to Iran tells me the following. It is either for the Iranian military, or a shipment that is going to be sent to Syria, Hezbollah, or to Iran's allies in Yemen.
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