Russia Is Building an Attack-Drone Factory With Iranian Supplies, US Says
- US says satellite images show the factory site in Russia
- Iranian drones were used in recent strikes on Kyiv, Kirby says
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Russia is importing supplies from Iran for a domestic factory that would manufacture Iranian-designed drones for the war in Ukraine, the White House said Friday, releasing intelligence findings in what it described as an escalating military collaboration between the two countries.
The drone plant “could be fully operational” in early 2024, probably in an industrial area about 650 miles (1,040 kilometers) east of Moscow, according to National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, who shared US government satellite images of two buildings in Russia’s Alabuga Special Economic Zone, which is in Tatarstan.