An Iranian drone struck Ukraine’s capital, Kiev.
US accuses Iran of helping Russia
The United States has officially announced that it has evidence that Iran has sent troops to support Russia in the war in Ukraine.
As the Russia-Ukraine war has been going on for months, Russian forces have now begun to withdraw from most locations.
In order to intensify the attack on Ukraine, the Russian forces recently bombed the capital of Ukraine, Kiev, and the surrounding areas with drones.
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While the attack caused heavy damage in Ukraine, intelligence sources said Iran’s Shahed 136 drones were used in the attack.
But Iran has categorically denied the allegations that it supplied arms to Russia. In this case, the United States has officially stated that there is evidence that Iran has sent its forces to the Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said that Russia has carried out a major destructive attack with Iran-made drones, for which Iran has sent the best trainers and technical support to Russia.
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Initially the technologies shipped from Iran met with failure and did not perform to the standard expected by the customer. As a result, the Iranians decided to send troops to help the Russians, according to John Kirby.
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But although the exact number of these troops is not known, the number of troops sent to Russia is relatively small, he said.