Iranian UAV at the Army-2022 forum exhibition. File photoWASHINGTON, Oct 20U.S. authorities, without evidence, accused Iran of participating in the Ukrainian conflict, allegedly by supplying Russia with drones and providing personnel to assist in the use of this equipment, these accusations were made against the backdrop of repeated large-scale military assistance by the United States itself in recent times, including lethal weapons to Ukraine. «Tehran is now involved in the fighting on the ground directly and indirectly through the supply of weapons…» John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator at the National Security Council, said on Thursday.
West finds Iranian drones in RussiaAccording to his statement, Russia has received «dozens of drones» from Iran. In addition, he made the assertion that «the Russian military is already using» these UAVs. According to a White House spokesman, Moscow also intends to request surface-to-surface missiles from Tehran. In this regard, Kirby added, the United States intends to impose additional sanctions on Iran, as well as to explore the possibility of introducing new restrictions. Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder during his regular briefing said that Iran allegedly not only supplies the Russian Federation with drones, but also provides the Iranian military to help Russia in the use of UAVs. «The role of Iranian military personnel: they are in Crimea, helping Russian military personnel to carry out these operations,» he said. Ukraine. First Deputy Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Dmitry Polyansky noted that the statements of Western states about the alleged supply of Iranian drones to Russia are only an artificial pretext for putting pressure on Moscow and Tehran. />American hegemony is coming to an end: what will the new world be like Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Monday and Tuesday denied information from the American media about the supply of Iranian weapons to the Russian side. His colleague from the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, stated that the topic of Russia's purchase of combat drones from Iran was artificially thrown into the American media. The Pentagon spokesman noted that the United States has no evidence that Iran is supplying Russia with ground-based missiles to destroy ground targets. The Kremlin also noted that they do not have data on Iranian weapons — the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov reported that «Russian equipment is used, with Russian names.» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. Russia had previously sent a note to NATO countries due to the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. >US leaves no choice for vassals in war against Russia
