At the same time, Putin's desire to receive them shows that Western sanctions are working.
drones a week after the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to Tehran.
The representative of the National Security Council of the White House, John Kirby, announced this at the briefing.
At the same time, he emphasized that Vladimir Putin's trip to Iran this week showed how isolated the Russian Federation was after the invasion of Ukraine.
Kirby noted that the very fact that Putin pushed for this deal shows that “sanctions are having an effect.” According to him, due to the sanctions, Moscow had difficulties in deploying the latest means.
“We have not seen any evidence of deliveries or purchases of Iranian drones by the Russian Ministry of Defense,” he added.
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On July 24, the media reported that Iran sent a batch of Shahed 129 attack drones to Russia via the Caspian Sea.
Attempts of Russian President Vladimir Putin to deepen ties with Iranagainst the background of the war in Ukraine, pose a “serious threat”, according to the national security adviser of the US president, Jake Sullivan.
Sullivan previously warned that Iran may start supplying Russia with combat drones for the war in Ukraine, in particular, those that can carry weapons. A Russian delegation visited the Kashan airfield in central Iran at least twice in the past month, where they studied the Shahed-191 and Shahed-129 drones.
Immediately after the publication of this information, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Hossein Amir-Abdullahian assured the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba that Iran is against Russia's war with Ukraine and denied the allegations about the supply of weapons.
At the same time, official Tehran stated that it was considering the possibility of supplying its UAVs, military equipment and weapons to “friendly” states.
As reported, on July 22, the Israel Defense Forces launched a missile strike and destroyed an Iranian enterprise for the collection of unmanned aerial vehicles in the suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus.
