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.
Discussions have intensified in the weeks before President Biden and other NATO leaders gather to cement plans for strengthening the alliance’s defenses against Russia.
The top diplomats from the United States and Britain said they were committed to aiding Ukraine despite mounting questions about what its spring operation may achieve.
Russia enacted a major security clampdown ahead of Tuesday s annual commemorations marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II, curbing the use of drones, jet skis and car-sharing services in its largest cities amid its 14-month war with Ukraine.
It was just before midnight on a frigid February evening in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine when a 29-year-old Marine veteran from Garden Grove, Calif., was struck by an enemy Russian rocket while inside a Humvee on the front lines.