Russia has transferred Iranian military personnel to the occupied part of Ukraine
An unspecified number of Iranian instructors came to Dzhankoy in Crimea, Zhelezny Port and Khladovtsy in the Kherson region.
This is reported by the American Institute for the Study of War ( ISW ).
Russian forces may have deployed personnel associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to the occupied areas of Ukraine to train Russian military personnel in the use of Shahed-136 drones, American experts write.
An unspecified number of Iranian instructors came to Dzhankoy in Crimea, Zhelezny Port and Khladovtsy in the Kherson region.
It is reported that Iranian instructors directly control the launches of drones on civilian objects in Ukraine, including in the Mykolaiv and Odessa regions.
In Iran, members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is the main operator of unmanned aerial vehicles. Therefore, it was them that Russia hired as instructors for training in the use of Iranian Shahed drones.
Artur Zayonts specialises in news from the frontline. A historian by education, Arthur has always sought to bring depth and context to his journalistic work.
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