Truth or Dare? Did Hamas Get Weapons From Ukraine Or Not?

 On Monday, October 9, 2023, I saw this article: "Military intelligence: Russia gives Hamas weapons captured in Ukraine to discredit Kyiv." It related:

    Russia has transferred Western-made weapons captured in Ukraine to the extremist organization Hamas fighting against Israel in an effort to discredit Kyiv, Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) reported on Oct. 9.

    Moscow plans to falsely accuse the Ukrainian military of selling weaponry provided by the U.S. and EU to Hamas, according to HUR.

    "As part of the Kremlin's disinformation campaign, these fakes should form the basis of a number of 'revealing articles' and 'investigations' in Western media," the HUR wrote.

    According to the intelligence agency, Russian special services plan to use Ruslan Syrovyi, a senior lieutenant from the Ukrainian Border Service who has committed treason and fled to Moscow, as a "source" for this campaign.

    "Another provocation by the enemy aims to discredit the Armed Forces of Ukraine and make Western partners cease military aid to our country," HUR said.

    According to the Institute for the Study of War, the Kremlin aims to exploit Hamas' offensive against Israel to divert Western support and attention away from Ukraine.

And then yesterday, October 12: "Video: Hamas Thanks Ukraine for Selling Them Weapons." That article begins:

    Video footage purports to show a stockpile of weapons sold to Palestinian Hamas fighters by Ukraine, as the man behind the camera thanks the “Ukrainian authorities” for selling them the weapons, vowing to use them against Israel. The claim comes as multiple photographs and videos emerge of Palestinians using American weapons in the rapidly developing conflict between Israel and Hamas.

    The onslaught of attacks against Israel by Hamas Islamists may be coming, in large part, with the help of American weapons, new video footage and claims from Hamas fighters suggest.

So was this Ukraine getting ahead of the fact that corrupt Ukrainian officials and/or organized crime syndicates had sold U.S. weapons on the black market (Ukraine has a history of dealing in illegal weapons sales and the U.S. was unable to track weapons provided to Ukraine early in the conflict), or is it disinformation from Russia?