The United States assured on Thursday that the Iranian military is on the ground in Crimea, providing technical assistance to Russian forces to launch Iranian-made drones against Ukraine, according to White House spokesman John Kirby.
Washington’s allegations tie in with NATO’s complaints about the supply of Iranian drones to Russia, which is using them in Ukraine, and the sanctions the European Union (EU) has imposed on three Iranian people and an Iranian company responsible. for the drones.
“The information we have is that they… [os militares iranianos] come in and provide technical support for using these drones”Kirby admitted at a press conference.
The military offensive launched by Russia in Ukraine on Feb. 24 has already resulted in more than 13 million people fleeing — more than six million internally displaced persons and more than 7.7 million to European countries — according to the most recent UN data, which rank this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the generality of the international community, which has responded by sending arms to Ukraine and Russia political and economic sanctions.
The UN presented 6,306 dead civilians and 9,602 wounded as confirmed since the start of the war, stressing that these numbers are far below the actual number.
Source: DN
