For the first time, it is admitted to providing drones to Russia.

(Tehran Composite Electric) Iran first admitted to providing drones to Russia for the first time on Saturday (November 5), but said that these drones were transported before the outbreak of the Ukrainian war.

In recent weeks, Ukraine refers to the Witness-136 (Shahed-136) drone of the Russian army. It frequently attacks civil facilities, especially for power stations and dams.Russia has denied the use of Iranian drones to attack Ukraine.

Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that Iranian Foreign Minister Abdullahiyan pointed out that some Western countries have done a lot, accusing Iran with missiles and drones to help the Russian troops in Ukraine.

He said: "The part of the missile is completely wrong. The part of the drone is real. A few months before the outbreak of the Ukrainian war, a small number of drones were provided to Russia."Moscow supply drones.

Two Iranian senior officials and two Iranian diplomats told Reuters last month that Iran has promised to provide ground -to -ground missiles to Russia.

The United States provides US $ 400 million in military aid to Wu

In addition, the US Pentagon announced on Friday that it provided Ukraine with about $ 400 million (about S $ 560 million) military assistance on Friday, including T-72 tanks, Hawk) air-missileHuman -machine and 40 armored ships.

On the aid list required by Ukraine, the demand for air defense and armored capabilities is the most enthusiastic, but the T-72 tank is not required by Kiev.Ukraine hopes to obtain more advanced tanks, such as German leopard tanks or the main battle tank of Abrams in the United States.

The Secretary of the Pentagon Step in the Pentagon said that there were 90 T-72 tanks in the Soviet era, all from the Czech defense industry. The United States is renovating 45 of them, and the Dutch government renovated the remaining 45.

She said that the T-72 tank will be equipped with advanced optics, communication and strengthening protection.Some of them will be ready before the end of December this year, and others will be delivered in 2023.