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The U.S. ambassador to South Africa has accused the country of providing weapons and ammunition to Russia. Ambassador Reuben Brigety said the U.S. government was certain that military equipment was loaded onto a Russian cargo ship that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of Cape Town for three days in December. He says the weapons were then brought to Russia. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said an investigation was underway. His office added there was currently "no evidence" the cargo was weapons. But the AP has established that the vessel in question is tied to a ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The U. S. ambassador to South Africa accused the country Thursday of providing weapons and ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine via a cargo ship linked to a sanctioned company that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of Cape Town in December....

Ambassador Reuben Brigety said military equipment was loaded onto a Russian cargo ship that docked secretly at a naval base near Cape Town.

The U. S. ambassador to South Africa accused the country Thursday of providing weapons and ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine via a cargo ship linked to a sanctioned company that docked secretly at a naval base near the city of Cape Town in December.

The U.S. ambassador to South Africa has accused the country of providing weapons and...