What does Russia with military drones and how much will the purchase of drones from Iran will give? Explains military expert Alexander Golts

A week ago, the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan made a genuine sensation, announcing that Tehran intends to supply Russia with his drones. “Our information indicates that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia in an accelerated manner to several hundred drones, including drones that can carry weapons,” he said. - Our information also indicates that Iran plans to train Russian forces to use these drones. The first stages of training should begin in early July. ” “It is unclear whether Iran has already put any of these drones in Russia,” the presidential adviser added. “But this is only one example of the fact that Russia addresses such countries as Iran, for technical means that are also used ... or used before we ensured a ceasefire in Yemen, for attacks on Saudi Arabia.”

Iranian and Russian officials seemed to have refuted these statements. But they did it in a rather strange way, without saying directly that such a supply is not planned. So, the Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov only said that the issue of drones would not be discussed during the visit of the Russian leader to Tehran. And the Iranian Foreign Minister Khosein Amir Abdolkhiyan spoke out of this occasion to be extremely ornate: “We have different forms of cooperation with Russia, including in the field of defense, but we do not help any of the parties involved in the conflict, because we are convinced that it must be completed.”

And the need for such a sale, according to Russian propaganda and statements by officials, seems to be not. TV channels regularly demonstrate plots in which domestic UAVs destroy Ukrainian military equipment. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reports that "during a special military operation in Ukraine, Russian UAVs flew for 25 thousand hours." However, at the same time, even Prochrevsky commentators write about the urgent need for drones. Moreover, Yuri Borisov, who had recently held the post of Deputy Prime Minister for the military-industrial complex, also spoke about problems with the UAV: ​​“I think that we were late for the serious introduction of unmanned vehicles. This is objectively. "

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