About to complete 9 months of armed conflict, draws attention to the way in which Russia and Ukraine use to acquire weapons from their military partners, especially when it comes to strategic purchases.
If, on the one hand, Ukraine has the of NATO (mainly the United States), Russia is turning to Iran to acquire the Shahed-136 “drone-kamikaze”, an unmanned aerial vehicle that has gained greater notoriety in recent weeks due to the its wide use by the Russians.
Interestingly, in one of the negotiations to acquire the 'kamikaze drone' Shahed-136, Russia sent an Ilyushin IL-76 with € 140 million and Western weapons to the Tehran-Mehrabad airport, located in the Iranian capital, as reported by Sky News.
Apparently, the negotiation also involved the sending of Western anti-tank missiles captured by Russian troops, the SAAB NLAW donated by the United Kingdom, and the FGM-148 Javelin from the United States. With Western weapons in hand, Iran will now be able to study such technologies and create similar weapons.
In addition to sending hundreds of drones, there is a suspicion that Iran is also supplying ballistic missiles.
On the Ukrainian side, although the country is receiving great military from Washington and its partners, Russia's numerical and technological superiority should not have allowed the conflict to drag on for seven months, with heavy casualties for both sides.
Putin's latest order to call up 300 reservists, in addition to nuclear threats, also show that the conflict has gone far beyond what the Kremlin had hoped.
With information: Sky News
