Tehran says stories about Russia using its drones are ‘baseless.’ Scores of downed or captured UAVs over Ukraine show otherwise.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi pose for a photo prior to their talks at the Saadabad palace in Tehran on July 19, 2022.
U.S. claims that Iran began supplying Russia with drones corresponded with an uptick in Iranian cargo flights to Russia, as shown by open source flight data.on August 12 that at least 42 flights linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard had landed in Moscow since April – versus just three during the same period the previous year.to Russia. And Iranian-made drones started turning up in Ukrainian airspace.
On September 13, Ukraine’s military claimed for the first time to have shot down an Iranian-supplied drone, identified as a Shahed-136 UAV.A photo of the downed drone The Associated Press and other media by the Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Directorate and spread on social media.On September 23, Ukrainian President Volodymyr ZelenskyyUkraine’s Air Force also said it shot down six Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones over the eastern and southern fronts on September 23.Russia was using Iranian-made drones in Ukraine, calling Ukraine’s claims it had shot down some of them “credible.
The ministry said the Iranian drone was deployed to “coordinate an attack on [the Black Sea port of] Odesa a few days ago.”
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