Kremlin offers 'unprecedented military support' to Iran and North Korea in ... trends now
Russia is trying to buy more advanced weapons from Iran and North Korea and offering ‘unprecedented military support in return’, Britain’s UN envoy warned last night.
Barbara Woodward told the UN Security Council in New York that Moscow was trying to source weapons to refill its depleted arms stocks over the winter.
Its forces have used hundreds of drones and missiles sourced from Iran to ‘kill civilians and illegally target civilian infrastructure’ in Ukraine, she said.
‘Russia is now attempting to obtain more weapons, including hundreds of ballistic missiles,’ she said.
Barbara Woodward told the UN Security Council in New York that Moscow was trying to source weapons to refill its depleted arms stocks over the winter
Ukraine’s allies have accused Vladimir Putin’s forces of committing war crimes, and Britain and France have even suggested that the Russian president should be put in the dock
‘In return, Russia is offering Iran an unprecedented level of military and technical support.
‘We’re concerned that Russia intends to provide Iran with more advanced military components, which will allow Iran to strengthen their weapons capability.’
The Ministry of Defence said yesterday that Russia had probably received a resupply of Iranian Shahed-131 and 136 drones, with reports over the past three weeks of attacks involving these devices.
The United States also expressed alarm over a ‘large-scale military partnership’ between Russia and Iran, describing it as ‘harmful’ to Ukraine, to Iran’s neighbours and to the wider world.
