Secretary of State Antony Blinken approved the sale of 155 mm artillery shells and related equipment to Israel by invoking an emergency authority that bypasses the standard congressional review for arms sales, the Biden administration said on Friday.
A Washington Post analysis found that Israel has prosecuted its war in Gaza at a pace and level of devastation that appears to have exceeded that of any other 21st-century conflict
Meanwhile:
And this doesn’t help:
The Ukrainian police have arrested a senior Defense Ministry official on suspicions that he embezzled nearly $40 million as part of a fraudulent purchase of artillery shells for Ukraine’s military.
Perhaps he needed cash for his bug out bag?