US: Iran is ready to supply hundreds of drones to Russia. Anti-Iran coalition gathers in the Middle East
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Iran has donated hundreds of Russian drones – some of them with combat capability – to be used in the war against Ukraine, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Tuesday.
“The Iranian agreement will likely help speed up Russia’s choice of up to several hundred drones, including those capable of carrying weapons,” Sullivan told reporters.
According to Sullivan, this reiterated that Russia took part in the fight against the resistance of the army.
Over the past two weeks, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed more than ten weapons depots in the rear of Russian troops. The last accurate blow, at the request of the Ukrainian command, was carried out on Tuesday night in Nova Kakhovka.
The Russian media, however, lost that the fertilizer warehouse caught fire.
Iran has been mass-producing drones since about the end of 2012. As reported, models of intercepted American RQ-170 Sentinel vehicles were taken as a sample. In the future, they were transferred to the militant groups that own the Islamic Republic.
In particular, according to Sullivan, representatives of drone observers of local Houthis in Yemen, who lead the military convention on human rights and the military coalition in the government of Saudi Arabia. Many preferences in this conflict are a proxy war between Tehran and Riyadh.
In August 2022, the United Nations Security Council on Road Safety banned the sale of arms to the Houthis.
Drones are also reportedly being recorded during attacks on commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf, as well as behind the attacks themselves in Iran.
This June in the US Congress was audited, on the basis of which drones are included in the list of weapons prohibited from sale to Iran. And individuals and legal entities involved in the supply are subject to sanctions.
Drones play an important role in the death of the parties in the war in Ukraine.
With their help, reconnaissance, targeting and adjustment of artillery fire were carried out.
For a significant share of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky estimated the Western allies of Kyiv to a thousand drones.
This week, US President Joe Biden will travel to Saudi Arabia for a summit that will duly consider a Middle East defense alliance to counter Iran.
Biden will also visit Israel, which has not yet joined the Western anti-Russian sanctions, but may change the connection with the new round of military cooperation between Russia and Iran. Israel considers the main task of its security.