Investigative reporters identify four Russian military personnel operating Iranian Shahed kamikaze drones during strikes on Ukraine.

This is stated in the joint investigation " Lviv».

According to the investigation, under the guise of army competitions, the Russian military in Iran learned to control Shahed kamikaze drones.

Journalists found out that Shahed drones are launched in Ukraine by the military 294 of the State Center for Unmanned Aviation of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

In particular, it was possible to identify four military personnel directly involved in strikes against Ukraine..

These are Sergey Sozinov, Andrey Stepovoy, Gleb Pivkin and Evgeny Glukhov.

In August 2022, the Russian military from the unmanned aviation center were trained in Iran. The time of these "

The exercises were held under the auspices of the so-called Army Games organized by Russia. One of the disciplines in them is the competition of drone operators called " The Russian team of 13 military men took part in the competition..

The competitions in Iran ended on August 27, and two weeks later Russia attacked Ukraine for the first time with "

In addition to Russia and Iran, teams from Belarus and Armenia took part in the "

As reported in October, in the village of Mikulichi in the Gomel region of Belarus, a group of Iranian instructors, officers of the IRGC of the Islamic Republic of Iran, who were under heavy guard by Russian National Guardsmen and FSB officers, was seen..

According to information from Belarusian partisans, these instructors coordinated the launches of the Shahed-136 UAV at infrastructure facilities in the Kiev region and the northern and western regions of Ukraine.

In addition, it is known that Iranian instructors are helping the Russian military to launch kamikaze drones from the Crimea and from the occupied part of the Kherson region..

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Iran is preparing to send instructors to the Russian Federation to use not only the Shahed-136 UAV, but also the Arash-2.