TEHERAN - The Iranian-made drones that Russia sent on Monday to divebomb Ukraine’s capital delivered the most emphatic proof yet that Teheran has become a rare, increasingly close ally to the Kremlin, offering both weapons and international support that Russia sorely lacks.
Syria was one example of the effort by both to find ways to sap American strength and prestige wherever they could in the world, and Ukraine provides a similar opportunity on an even larger, more visible scale. Iran does not want to highlight the weapons sales because Ukraine is generally more popular than Russia among ordinary Iranians, and the Islamic Republic casts itself as a defender of underdogs in world affairs, said Dr Mahmoud Shoori, deputy director of the Institute of Iran and Eurasia Studies in Teheran and an expert on Iran-Russia relations.
“They can be used by Russia to target electricity, fuel, etc, and to attempt to economically exhaust Ukraine over time,” said Mr Michael Kofman, director of Russia studies at CNA, a defence research institute in Arlington, Virginia.
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