Russia previously also turned to China for help in support with equipment in the new phase of the war against Ukraine.
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According to national security adviser Jake Sullivan and judging by satellite images obtained exclusively by CNN, a Russian delegation was visiting an airfield in the central Irani at least twice in the last month to inspect combat drones to equip the Russian army.
Iran began demonstrating to Russia the Shahed-191 (a review of this drone is in the video below) and Shahed-129 drones at the Kashan airfield south of Tehran in June, the TV channel reported, citing its own sources. Both types of drones are capable of carrying high-precision missiles.
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“We have information that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with several hundred UAVs, including combat ones,” Sullivan said in a comment.
“We believe that an official Russian government delegation recently attended a presentation of Iranian combat (capable of attacking) UAVs,” Sullivan added. – We are publishing these images taken in June, which show Iranian UAVs that were inspected by the Russian delegation that day. This shows that Russia is interested in acquiring such UAVs in Iran.”
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Sullivan said that as far as the US knows, the June visit “was the first time that a Russian delegation visited this airfield for such a presentation.” And later, on July 5, the Russian delegation again visited the airfield for a similar demonstration.
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This news appeared against the background of Biden completing his trip to the Middle The East, where Iran has been a key topic of discussion between the US, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states.
US intelligence: Iran to provide Russia with hundreds of drones for war in Ukraine
Earlier this week, White House officials said that newly declassified US intelligence data indicated that Iran is expected to provide Russia with “hundreds” of drones for use in the war in Ukraine, and this Middle Eastern country is also preparing to begin training Russian troops in the methods of controlling these UAVs.
In March, official Washington also reported that Russia had previously turned to China for support in the war against Ukraine. However, as of late May, the U.S. had seen no evidence that China had provided any military or economic support to Russia for the invasion, Sullivan told reporters at the time. > 100 unmanned Atlas complexes. Such UAVs are used in NATO.
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