Chief of the General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Mohammad Bagheri called the allegations that Russia used these drones in the war against Ukraine as proof of the effectiveness of Iranian drones, Radio Liberty reports..

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Kyiv and its Western allies have repeatedly accused Russia of using Iranian kamikaze drones in attacks on the energy infrastructure of Ukrainian cities..

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Iran initially rejected the supply of weapons to Russia for combat operations in Ukraine. However, in early November, Tehran announced that it had delivered a batch of drones to Moscow even before Russia's February invasion of Ukraine..

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Western countries in connection with the use of kamikaze drones in Ukraine imposed sanctions against a number of Iranian firms and members of the Iranian military command. General Bagheri was also sanctioned.

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Russian occupation troops continue to attack Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, and have also begun to use smaller drones called Shahed-131. The military of the Russian Federation marked them with "