Fresh reports on the conflict between the Ukraine and Russia have revealed that the United States White House officials have announced that some newly-declassified US intelligence has indicated that Iran is expected to supply Russia with “hundreds” of drones.
The drones, according to the United States officials, include weapons-capable ones — for use in the war in Ukraine.
Iran will also train Russian forces on how to operate these drones and begin as early as late July.
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“Information indicates that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with up to several hundred (unmanned aerial vehicles), including weapons-capable UAVs on an expedited timeline,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters at the White House press briefing on Monday, according to CNN.
“Our information further indicates that Iran is preparing to train Russian forces to use these UAVs, with initial training session slated in as soon as early July. It’s unclear whether Iran has delivered any of these UAVs to Russia already.”
A spokesperson at the White House National Security Council told CNN that the information Sullivan described to reporters was based on recently declassified intelligence.
Sullivan argued that news of Iran supplying the drones is evidence that Russia’s attacks against Ukraine in recent weeks are coming at the “severe” cost of depleting its own weapons.
In another report, while reacting to the hositing of a Ukrainian flag over snake island, a Russian aircraft has bombarded the Island some hours after the flag was raised.
Both the Russian Defense Ministry and the Ukrainian armed forces confirmed the attack.
“At dawn, during an aerial overflight and reconnaissance of Zmiiny (Snake) island, it was attacked by 2 air-launched missiles. The dock was significantly damaged,” the Ukrainian military said.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated, according to the state news agency RIA Novosti: “Against the backdrop of military failures and a massive retreat of Ukrainian troops in the Donbas, the Kyiv regime made an attempt to symbolically deliver the flag to Snake Island tonight.
“A Russian Air Forces aircraft immediately launched a missile attack on the island, as a result, some of the Ukrainian military personnel were destroyed, the rest fled.”
The Ukrainian military made no mention of casualties.