Swiss law prohibits selling war materiel to countries involved in armed conflict, a policy the country has already cited to block sales to Israel and Iran.
Some of the proposed sales, valued at more than $23 billion, were under review, while others were never sent to Congress. The administration is pushing them through without congressional approval.
Ukraine wants to leverage its defense expertise into security partnerships and to reap potentially vast profits for its arms industry.
The sale had been under informal review in Congress, but the State Department declared an emergency because of the war in Iran.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed some soldiers’ deaths in the Gaza war on a lack of ammunition caused by a pause in American weapon deliveries during President Biden’s term.
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