In recent months, Russia has been working to secure long-term and large-scale deliveries of single-action unmanned aerial vehicles (OWA-UAVs). By supplying these weapons, Iran continues to violate UN Security Council Resolution 2231.
The British Ministry of Defense reported this on Twitter.
As noted in the summary, Russia has moved from receiving small batches of Iranian UAVs by air transport to larger batches using ships from Iran via the Caspian Sea.
According to British intelligence, this international North-South transit corridor took on much greater importance after the invasion. It allows Russia to access Asian markets, including arms supplies, in ways it hopes are less vulnerable to international sanctions.
"Russia is also working to begin domestic production of UAVs, almost certainly with the help of Iran. Russia is likely to invest in UAVs because they provide Russia with a relatively cheap, long-range strike capability at a time when it has spent most of its stocks of cruise missiles in Ukraine," the British Ministry of Defense notes.
We will remind, during May 2023, Russia launched more than 300 Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles during attacks against Ukraine. Russia is launching so many UAVs in an attempt to force Ukraine to use valuable air defense missiles.
According to British intelligence, Russia is unlikely to have had any noticeable success: Ukraine neutralized at least 90% of the approaching UAVs, mostly using its older and cheaper air defenses and electronic jamming.
As CNN's investigation showed, the Iranian drones attacking Ukraine were built on stolen Western technology.
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