A dozen Iranian instructors were reportedly killed by Shahed-136 “kamikaze” drones in two raids by Ukrainian forces in the past few days in Ukraine.
According to the Israeli Kan media, these men are Islamic Revolutionary Guardsmen dispatched from Tehran to Ukraine to train Russian forces on how to use Iranian Shahed-136 drones.
The White House on Thursday said Iranians traveled to Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, to help Russian forces deploy those drones in Ukraine, something Moscow and Tehran deny.
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War in Ukraine: Sanctioned for supplying drones to Russia, Iran invites its nationals to leave Ukraine https://t.co/6s86Bm7mn8 via @independently
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Iran was sanctioned by the European Union on Thursday for supplying kamikaze drones – the Shahed-136 – to Moscow, while Kyiv has reported an increase in Russian attacks using these weapons in recent weeks.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian admitted that his country was “cooperating” with Moscow on “defense issues” but refused to supply arms to the Kremlin to use in its war against Ukraine.
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