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☆ Russia is slamming explosive suicide drones into Ukrainian cities. Here's what these weapons do.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Russian forces have used Iranian-made suicide drones to strike cities across Ukraine. Ukraine's defense ministry identified the drones that Russia used against the Ukrainian capital as the Iranian-made Shahed-136, a weapon which Russia calls the Geran-2. Russian forces have been using these suicide drones for over a month, and the frequency of use appears to be on the rise. According to an intelligence update from Britain's defense ministry, the 440-pound Shahed-136 drones are slow and carry a small explosive payload. It's not immediately clear how many drones Russian forces have in their arsenal.

☆ Before-and-after photos show the moment an Iranian 'suicide drone' detonates in Russian strike on Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Multiple Ukrainian officials said Russia used Iran-made drones in the Monday morning strikes. Firefighters work after a drone fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022 AP Photo/Roman HrytsynaSerhiy Kruk, the head of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, said three people were killed. Klitschko and other Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said Russia used "kamikaze drones," which are drones that explode on impact. Multiple Ukrainian officials identified the drones as ones made in Iran, which are being increasingly seen on the battlefield in Ukraine. A drone is seen during an attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, on October 17, 2022.

☆ Russian drones hit sunflower oil terminal in Ukraine's Mykolaiv - officials
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Sunflower oil storage tanks burn after Russian suicide drone strikes, which Ukrainian authorities consider to be Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) Shahed-136, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Mykolaiv, Ukraine October 17, 2022. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERSKYIV, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Russian kamikaze drones hit tanks with sunflower oil at one of the terminals in the Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv late on Sunday, the city mayor said on Monday. read more"In Mykolaiv, three drones hit an object of industrial infrastructure, where tanks with sunflower oil were ignited," Mykolaiv mayor Oleksandr Senkevich. read more read moreUkraine is conducting a counter-offensive to try to push Russian troops out of the city of Kherson to the southeast. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Pavel Polityuk Editing by Peter GraffOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - The United States agrees with British and French assessments that Iran supplying drones to Russia would violate a U.N. Security Council resolution that endorsed the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six powers, U.S. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said on Monday. Iran denies supplying the drones to Russia, while the Kremlin has not commented. White House spokesperson Karinne Jean-Pierre also accused Tehran of lying when it says Iranian drones are not being used by Russia in Ukraine. Resolution 2231 endorsed the deal between Iran and Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States that limited Tehran's uranium enrichment activity, making it harder for Iran to develop nuclear arms while lifting international sanctions. "It is our belief that these UAVs that are transferred from Iran to Russia and used by Russia in Ukraine are among the weapons that would remain embargoed under 2231," Patel said.

BRUSSELS, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Some European Union foreign ministers on Monday called for new sanctions against Iran if Tehran's involvement in Russia's war on Ukraine is proven. Ukraine has reported a spate of Russian attacks with Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones in recent weeks. "We will look for concrete evidence about the participation (of Iran in the Ukraine war)," Josep Borrell told reporters as he arrived for a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg, adding Ukraine's Dmytro Kuleba would take part in the gathering. Additional EU sanctions on Iran will not be limited to blacklisting some individuals should Tehran's involvement in Russia's war on Ukraine be proven, Luxembourg's Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn said. "Then it will be no longer about some individuals to be sanctioned," he told reporters as he arrived for the EU meeting.

☆ Iran plans to supply ballistic missiles to boost Russia's dwindling arsenal in Ukraine war, says WaPo report
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Bethany Dawson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Iran is set to increase its supply of arms to Russia, the Washington Post reports. Earlier this week, Zelenskyy said Russia used drones from Iran in a barrage across Ukraine. The Post reports that officials in Iran have agreed to send new surface-to-surface missiles and more attack drones to deploy against Ukraine's troops and cities. Ukrainian military officials and experts have confirmed that the Russian military is firing Iranian-made "kamikaze or suicide drones." Ukrainian officials have said that Iran supplied the majority of drones deployed by Russia in southern Ukraine, The Post said.

☆ EXCLUSIVE EU ministers to discuss Iran drones to Russia, future sanctions - sources
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( John Irish | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Iran denies supplying the drones to Russia, while the Kremlin has not commented. An EU spokesperson said foreign ministers would discuss Iran on Monday but declined to comment on whether Iranian drones or sanctions on drone transfers would be on the agenda. The United States on Sept. 9 imposed sanctions on an Iranian company it accused of coordinating military flights to transport Iranian drones to Russia and three other companies it said were involved in the production of Iranian drones. The discussion on drones comes as EU foreign ministers prepare to rubber-stamp sanctions on Iran on Monday over human rights abuses involved in the crackdown on protesters. The package of sanctions prompted Iran to send a diplomatic demarche to European ambassadors.

☆ Exclusive: EU ministers to discuss Iran drones to Russia, future sanctions, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( John Irish | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Iran denies supplying the drones to Russia, while the Kremlin has not commented. An EU spokesperson said foreign ministers would discuss Iran on Monday but declined to comment on whether Iranian drones or sanctions on drone transfers would be on the agenda. The United States on Sept. 9 imposed sanctions on an Iranian company it accused of coordinating military flights to transport Iranian drones to Russia and three other companies it said were involved in the production of Iranian drones. The discussion on drones comes as EU foreign ministers prepare to rubber-stamp sanctions on Iran on Monday over human rights abuses involved in the crackdown on protesters. It said external factors were the cause of the protests stoked by "war-mongering factions in the United States".

☆ Russian roulette: Is Putin serious about nuclear war, or bluffing?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Jason Corcoran | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

On Oct. 26, President Vladimir Putin appeared on Russian state television overseeing a practice run of Russia's strategic nuclear deterrence forces. The conflict has revived Cold War-era fears of nuclear war across the region. In August, a Ukrainian official said that 9,000 Ukrainian military personnel had been killed, though another source said the number could be far higher. (President Zelensky previously estimated that 30% of Ukraine's power stations have been damaged or destroyed, although the figure is now likely to be greater.) In a wide-ranging answer, Putin had offered, almost as an aside, that Russian victims of nuclear war "will go to heaven as martyrs" while Western citizens would perish without having "time to repent."

☆ Drone strikes hit critical infrastructure facilities in Kyiv region
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

A woman walks past an apartment block hit by Russian forces on October 12, 2022 in Bakhmut, Donetsk oblast, Ukraine. Critical infrastructure facilities were hit by drone strikes early on Thursday, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the Volodymyr Zelenskiy's presidential office said on Thursday. "Another attack by kamikaze drones on critical infrastructure facilities," Tymoshenko said on the Telegram messaging app. Ukraine has reported a spate of Russian attacks with Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones in recent weeks. Iran denies supplying the drones to Russia, while the Kremlin has not commented.

☆ France says Iranian drone transfers to Russia would violate U.N. nuclear deal resolution
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( John Irish | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Summary France ties alleged Iranian drones to nuclear deal resolutionU.N. Security Council resolution has restrictions until 2023Iran denies supplying drones to RussiaPARIS, Oct 13 (Reuters) - France's foreign ministry said on Thursday that any transfer of Iranian drones to Russia would be a violation of the United Nations Security Council resolution that endorsed the 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and world powers. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"Such a supply of Iranian drones to Russia would also violate United Nations Security Council Resolution 2231." Resolution 2231 endorsed the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six powers - Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United States - that limited Tehran’s uranium enrichment activity, making it harder for Iran to develop nuclear arms while lifting international sanctions. Efforts to revive the nuclear deal have stalled and ties between Iran and the West are increasingly strained as Iranians keep up anti-government protests despite an increasingly deadly state crackdown. Legendre said Paris was coordinating with its European partners on how to respond to the potential transfer of Iranian drones to Russia.

☆ Zelenskyy says Russia used Shahed 'suicide drones' it got from Iran in its barrage of attacks on Ukrainian cities
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukraine said Russia used Iran-supplied drones in a blitz of attacks on cities on Monday. He said that the number of missiles used was in the "dozens." A screenshot from a video of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, uploaded October 10 2022, after multiple cities in Ukraine were attacked. Iran has supplied Russia with several Shahed-series drones, colloquially known as "suicide" or "kamikaze" drones that have a payload of around 5-30 kg. Russia first took delivery of Shahed drones, as well as the larger Mojaher-6, from Iran in August, as The Washington Post reported.

☆ Putin's wounded military is using suicide drones to spread 'terror and chaos' among Ukraine's civilians, experts and officials say
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ukrainian officials identified the drones as Iranian-made loitering munitions, commonly called "suicide" or "kamikaze" drones. One military expert said Putin is purposely using these to spread "terror and chaos" among Ukrainians. In both cases, Ukrainian officials confirmed that Russia used Iranian-made loitering munitions, or suicide drones. It's unclear how many Iranian-made drones Russia has in its arsenal. Ukrainian officials and Western heads of state took to social media and slammed Russia for the wave of attacks, especially the strikes on civilian centers.

Oct 17 (Reuters) - The central Shevchenkivskyi district of Ukraine's capital was rocked by blasts early on Monday for the second time in a week, with Mayor Vitalii Klitshchko saying several residential buildings were damaged. "Rescuers are on the site," Klitshchko said on the Telegram messaging service, adding that as a result of what he said was a drone attack, a fire also broke out in a non-residential building. read more1/2 People view the scene of Russian missile strikes, as Russia's attack continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine October 10, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko Read MoreAndriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian president's staff, said the attacks were carried out with so-called suicide drones. "Russians think this will help them, but such actions are just their convulsions," Yermak said on the Telegram messaging app.

Russia carried out at least five attacks on targets in the region using unmanned Shahed-136 drones in the last few days, Serhiy Bratchuk, spokesperson for Odesa's regional administration, told a news briefing. One of the attacks hit an undisclosed military target in the southern region in the early hours of Monday, he said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy denounced Russia's use of Iranian drones on Friday, and Kyiv withdrew the Iranian ambassador's accreditation and cut its diplomatic staff in Kyiv. Military authorities in southern Ukraine said on Saturday they had shot down several Shahed-136 drones over the sea near the ports of Odesa and Pivdennyi on Friday. Separately, the air force said a Mohajer-6, a larger Iranian drone, had been shot down for the first time in Ukraine.

☆ Ukraine military says Russian drones hit military objects in Odesa
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterA part of an unmanned aerial vehicle, what Ukrainian authorities consider to be an Iranian made suicide drone Shahed-136 is seen, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, after it was shot down in Odesa, Ukraine September 25, 2022. Press Service of the Operation Command South and the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERSSept 26 (Reuters) - Two drones launched by Russian forces into the Odesa region in Ukraine hit military objects causing a fire and the detonation of ammunition, the South command of Ukraine's forces said on Monday. "As a result of a large-scale fire and the detonation of ammunition, the evacuation of the civilian population was organised," the command said in statement on the Telegram. "Preliminarily, there have been no casualties." Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting in Melbourne by Lidia Kelly; Editnig by Kim CoghillOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Iran regrets Ukraine's downgrading of ties over drones
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSept 24 (Reuters) - Iran regrets Ukraine's decision to downgrade ties over the reported supply of Iranian drones to Russia, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Saturday. Ukraine said on Friday that it would downgrade diplomatic ties with Iran over Tehran's decision to supply Russian forces with drones, a move President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called "a collaboration with evil". Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterKanaani said Ukraine's decision was "based on unconfirmed reports and resulted from a media hype by foreign parties". Military authorities in southern Ukraine said on Saturday they had shot down at least seven Iranian drones, including six Shahed-136 "kamikaze" craft over the sea near the ports of Odesa and Pivdennyi on Friday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Dubai newsroom and Pavel Polityuk in Kyiv Writing by Dominic Evans Editing by Frances KerryOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Iran will make 'proportional' response to Ukraine reducing ties
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A national Iranian flag waves in the wind over a building of the Iranian embassy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 24, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn OgirenkoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSept 24 (Reuters) - Iran is planning "proportional action" in response to Ukraine's decision to downgrade diplomatic ties over the reported supply of Iranian drones to Russia, the Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson said on Saturday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterKanaani said Ukraine's decision was "based on unconfirmed reports and resulted from a media hype by foreign parties". Iran has previously denied supplying drones to Russia, but the hardline daily Kayhan said on Saturday "hundreds of armed drones" have been sold. These included - for the first time in Ukraine - a Mohajer-6, a larger Iranian drone, the southern military command said.

☆ Ukraine says it downed four Iranian drones, Zelenskiy raps Tehran
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), what Ukrainian authorities consider to be an Iranian made suicide drone Shahed-136, and uses by Russian forces amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, is seen in a sky over Odesa, Ukraine September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Serhii SmolientsevSept 23 (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Friday it had downed four Iranian-made "kamikaze" drones used by Russia's armed forces, prompting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to complain that Tehran was harming Ukrainian citizens. Military authorities in southern Ukraine said in a statement they had shot down the Shahed-136 unmanned aerial vehicles over the sea near the port of Odesa. Ukraine and the United States have accused Iran of supplying drones to Russia, something Tehran has denied. Zelenskiy has asked his foreign ministry to respond to the use of Iranian equipment, spokesman Serhii Nykyforov said.

☆ EXCLUSIVE Turkey sells battle-tested drones to UAE as regional rivals mend ties - sources
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Orhan Coskun | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Bayraktar TB2 drone stands near the logo of Baykar Turkish defence company inside a hall of 30th international Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce, Poland September 5, 2022. A source with knowledge of the talks said Abu Dhabi and Riyadh were negotiating to acquire Bayraktar TB2 drones from Ankara. A senior Turkish official confirmed Turkey has delivered some drones to the United Arab Emirates and that the UAE was seeking more. It currently produces 20 Bayraktar TB2 drones a month, he told a Ukrainian military services foundation in August, and its order book for those drones and other models was full for the next three years. While Turkish drones cannot match the technology of the models produced by market leaders Israel and the United States, they are cheaper and come with fewer export restrictions.

☆ Russia gets its first drones from Iran as the two countries strengthen ties
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-30 | by ( Dan De Luce | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Josh-Lederman-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

Facing a protracted war in Ukraine and a wall of Western sanctions, Russia is turning to Iran to bolster its military and keep its economy afloat, as both countries’ interests converge. The delivery is part of Russia's plans to import “hundreds” of drones from Iran, they said. Despite Moscow’s alignment with Iran, Russia so far has maintained friendly relations with Tehran’s adversaries in the Middle East, including Israel, which has enjoyed a pragmatic relationship with Russia. Russia’s increasing cooperation with Iran could also complicate diplomacy outside the Ukraine conflict, including efforts to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. “Iran can try to help Russia evade sanctions without the JCPOA or with the JCPOA.

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