 Egypt secretly planned to supply 40,000 rockets to Russia. Leaked US intelligence documents indicate that Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi planned to produce 40,000 rockets for Russia in February and instructed officials to keep the production and shipment of rockets secret to avoid problems with the West. The president of Egypt, one of America's closest allies in the Middle East and a major recipient of USAID, recently ordered subordinates to produce up to 40,000 rockets to be covertly shipped to Russia according to a leaked US intelligence document. The Washington Post reported that a portion of a top-secret document dated 17 February sums up purported conversations between Sisi and senior Egyptian military officials and references planned to supply Russia with artillery rounds and gunpowder. A US government official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to address sensitive information, said that, The Washington Post emphasized that providing arms to Russia for its war in Ukraine would represent a potentially explosive gambit for Egypt. A nation that, despite deepening ties with Moscow, remains deeply invested in its partnership with the United States, which for decades has provided the country with more than $1 billion a year in security aid. Senator Chris Murphy, who serves on the Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations Committees, said that Egypt is one of our oldest allies in the Middle East. If it is true that Sisi is covertly building rockets for Russia that could be used in Ukraine, we need to have a serious reckoning about the state of our relationship.