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Russia has inflicted serious damage on Ukrainian forces with recently introduced Iranian drones, in its first wide-scale deployment of a foreign weapons system since the war began, Ukrainian commanders say.
Over the past week, Shahed-136 delta-wing drones, repainted in Russian colors and rebranded as Geranium 2, started appearing over Ukrainian armor and artillery positions in the northeastern Kharkiv region, said Col.
Rodion Kulagin,
commander of artillery of Ukraine’s 92nd Mechanized Brigade.
In his brigade’s operational area alone, the Iranian…
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WSJ News Exclusive | Russia’s Use of Iranian Kamikaze Drones Creates New Dangers for Ukrainian Troops
Russia drones from Iran already malfunctioning: reports
Mia Jankowicz
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- Russia is having problems with the drones it received from Iran, according to multiple reports.
- Russia took delivery of dozens of Iranian-made UAVs on August 19, The Washington Post reported.
- Russia has been playing catch-up with its drone capacities, and has few places to turn to buy them.
The first batch of drones that Russia received from Iran is already having technical difficulties, according to multiple reports.
On August 19, dozens of Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles, which are already malfunctioning, were transported to Russia,
The Washington Post reported.
US officials said in July that they learned Iran was preparing to provide up to several hundred of the drones to aid Russia's war effort in Ukraine, with national security advisor Jake Sullivan saying they were being prepared on an "expedited timeline."
It's unclear whether the offer was a gift or if Russia was to buy them, and Iran denied the US' claims at the time.
Russian officials visited Iran twice that month to see the drones,
the Associated Press reported, citing US officials.
But the rollout has not been smooth.
Officials said that early Russian tests had seen multiple failings in the technology, per The Post.
"There are a few bugs in the system," an unnamed security official from a Western-allied government told The Post.
"The Russians are not satisfied," the official said.
Reuters also cited an unnamed senior US administration official as saying that Russia had experienced "numerous failings" with the drones.
According to Reuters, the drone models are the Shahed-series and the Mohajer-6, both of which are made in Iran.
Russia has been slow to develop its combat-drone capabilities, The Post noted. Sanctions have made it difficult to buy the technology elsewhere, with China's major manufacturer shying away from selling them to either Russia or Ukraine avoid getting embroiled in the war,
as Reuters reported in April.