Russia has received hundreds of Iran drones to attack Ukraine - White House

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% :Kirby said the United States had information that Russia was receiving materials from Iran required to build a drone manufacturing plant that could be fully operational early next year.
56% : Support between the two countries was flowing both ways, Kirby said, with Iran seeking billions of dollars worth of military equipment from Russia, including helicopters and radars.
53% :"Russia has been offering Iran unprecedented defence cooperation, including on missiles, electronics and air defence," he said.
51% : Ukraine president proposes bill to sanction Iran"We are releasing satellite imagery of the planned location of this UAV manufacturing plant in Russia's Alabuga Special Economic Zone," he said.
48% : "We are also concerned that Russia is working with Iran to produce Iranian UAVs from inside Russia."
46% : The White House said, on Friday, that Russia appeared to be deepening its defence cooperation with Iran and had received hundreds of one-way attack drones that it is using to strike Ukraine, Reuters reports.
42% : Citing newly declassified information, the White House said the drones, or Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), were built in Iran, shipped across the Caspian Sea and then used by Russian forces against Ukraine.
42% : Iran has acknowledged sending drones to Russia but said, in the past, they were sent before Russia's February invasion.
36% :Kirby said the transfers of drones constituted a violation of United Nations rules and the United States would seek to hold the two countries accountable.
28% : He said a new US advisory would be issued on Friday "to help businesses and other governments better understand the risks posed by Iran's UAV program and the illicit practices Iran uses to procure components for it."

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