The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has previously indicated the possible presence of Iranian instructors on the peninsula. The newspaper also reported about him The New York Times And CNN station citing US officials familiar with US intelligence information.

Iran has denied supplying drones to Russia. However, according to American media, he provided Moscow with the first drones in the first half of August.

Iranian trainers from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps operate out of a Russian military base in Crimea, which Russia annexed in violation of international law in 2014, and which also hosts many Iranian-supplied drones. The Iranians are far from the front line in Crimea. According to the diary Daily mirror, which first caught the instructor’s attention, there were dozens of them on the peninsula. It is unclear whether the Iranian instructor also guided the drone himself.

“By sending drones and trainers to Ukraine, Iran has substantially engaged in the war on Russia’s side and has been directly involved in operations resulting in the death or injury of civilians,” a former Pentagon official and Central Intelligence Agency official told The New York Times. (CIA) retired Mick Mulroy.

Errors by Russian operators rendered the first batch of drones delivered ineffective, another unnamed US official told the paper. Technical problems also rendered the machine inoperable. Russia initially sent soldiers to Iran for training, but as problems persisted, Tehran decided to send instructors directly to Crimea.

According to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleb, Kiev is ready to hand over to all European Union countries that have “doubts” proof of Iran’s delivery of combat drones to Russia. He was reacting to the words of the EU’s chief of diplomacy, Josep Borrell, Monday, that the EU would only seek concrete evidence of the supply.

Kuleba also said that Ukraine would formally ask Israel to provide the air defense system. According to the media, it is Israel, whose destruction Tehran has repeatedly spoken about, which is watching the deployment of Iranian drones in Ukraine with concern. He fears these weapons will be used in future wars against Israel on its northern borders.