US sees no sign of Russian Defense Ministry buying Iranian military drones a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Tehran.

This was announced at a briefing by the representative of the White House National Security Council, John Kirby..

At the same time, he stressed that Vladimir Putin's trip to Iran this week showed how isolated the Russian Federation was after the invasion of Ukraine..

Kirby noted that the very fact that Putin was pushing for this deal showed that the sanctions were having an effect.. According to him, in connection with the sanctions, Moscow had difficulties deploying the latest means..

“We have not seen any evidence of deliveries or purchases of Iranian drones by the Russian Ministry of Defense,” he added..

On July 24, the media reported that Iran sent a batch of Shahed 129 attack drones to Russia via the Caspian Sea..

Russian President Vladimir Putin's attempts to deepen ties with Iran amid war in Ukraine pose a 'serious threat', says US national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

Sullivan previously warned that Iran could start supplying Russia with combat drones for the war in Ukraine, including those that could carry weapons.. A Russian delegation visited the Kashan airfield in central Iran at least twice in the last month, where they studied the Shahed-191 and Shahed-129 drones..

Immediately after the publication of this information, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdullahian assured Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba that Iran was against Russia's war with Ukraine and denied the allegation of arms supplies.

At the same time, official Tehran stated that it was considering the possibility of supplying its UAVs, military equipment and weapons to “friendly” states..

As reported, on July 22, the Israel Defense Forces launched a missile attack and destroyed an Iranian enterprise for the collection of unmanned aerial vehicles in the suburbs of the Syrian capital Damascus..