– Deepening Russia’s alliance with Iran The entire world should feel a serious threat – reiterated Patel, who had made a similar point earlier in the day.
Reuters reported citing Iranian and Western diplomats Iran will supply Russia with more drones and surface-to-surface missiles, and a deal was signed on October 6. Pentagon spokesman Gen. Patrick Ryder could not confirm the information.
– It is not the seller’s business where the weapons are used. We are not on anyone’s side in the conflict in Ukraine (…). “We want to end it through diplomatic means,” an Iranian diplomat told the agency. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied Russia’s use of Iranian drones.
Vedant Patel warned The US will not hesitate to impose sanctions “Companies or countries cooperating with the Iranian drone production program”.
Ukrainian authorities announced on Monday morning Kiev was attacked by Russian troops using Iranian kamikaze drones.
The first information about the delivery of this type of weapons to the Russians appeared in the last days of August. According to Natalia Humeniuk, the Ukrainian commander is in the south, the enemy Several hundred to several thousand such aircraft.
Putin’s forces try to hide the origin of the drones, marking them with inscriptions in Russian. The machines are officially called Geran-2, not Shahed 136.