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Russia adds to weapon stockpile with purchase of lethal drones from Iran to attack Ukraine

Aug 31, 2022 View Original Article
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    -12% Somewhat Liberal

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    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    10% Negative

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43% :Iran has trained Russians to use the drones, said a second U.S. official familiar with intelligence estimates but not authorized to speak publicly.
41% : WASHINGTON - Russia has bought lethal drones from Iran to attack Ukrainian troops, a move that underscores Russia's dwindling stocks of precision weapons more than six months after its invasion, U.S. officials told USA TODAY.
38% : Russia's reliance on Iran for advanced arms shows that Russia is running low on precision-guided weapons and is having difficulty replenishing its stocks, the official said.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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