The U.S. has evidence that Iran sent troops to Ukraine to help Russia launch drone attacks on targets across the country, Biden administration officials say.
Iran sent trainers and technical support to enable Russian forces to use“with better lethality,” John Kirby, White House National Security Council spokesperson, told reporters in a teleconference.
Asked how many Iranians were in Crimea and why, Kirby said, “I don’t have a number … What we do know is there’s a relatively small number that are.”Russia has deployed dozens of drones purchased from Iran to Ukraine and has used them in attacks in recent days,, according to Kirby and State Department spokesperson Ned Price.
Citing Russia’s dwindling supplies of advanced weapons, Kirby said the administration was concerned that Iran would provide Russia with surface-to-surface missiles, but did not elaborate.Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP - Getty Images Even as it struggles to fend off a counter-offensive by Ukrainian forces in the country’s east and south, Russia unleashed a wave of drone and rocket strikes on Ukraine’s infrastructure and civilian areas over the past week. The Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, was hit by a series of drone attacks on Monday that set apartments ablaze.The State Department’s Price said the U.S. was working to help Ukraine bolster its air defenses against drone and other aerial attacks.
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