Ambassador Reuben Brigety said on Thursday at a news conference in Pretoria that the U.S. believed the covert weapons supply was linked to a sanctioned company that docked secretly at a naval base near Cape Town last December.
President Cyril Ramaphosa said an investigation into the visit by a Russian vessel named Lady R to South Africa's main naval base was already underway behind the scenes with the help of U.S. intelligence services before Brigety went public that the cargo was weapons and ammunition.
Brigety said the U.S. was certain that military equipment was loaded onto the Lady R at the Simon's Town naval base between December 6 and December 8 and then transported to Russia.
The ambassador added that the intelligence brought into question South Africa's supposed neutral stance on the war in Ukraine and its calls for the conflict to end.
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