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The White House on Monday said that Russia is looking to buy additional advanced attack drones from Iran for use in the Kremlin s war in Ukraine after using up most of the 400 drones it had previously purchased from Tehran.
A report by the Guardian citing anonymous sources, on Sunday (February 12) reported that Iran has used boats and state-owned airlines to smuggle advanced long-range armed drones to Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. At least 18 drones were delivered to Moscow’s navy following a visit by Russian officials to Tehran back in November where they selected the drones in question, as per the report.