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Russian columnist Ruslan Pukhov, a military expert, admitted on the Russian television program RBC that the drones Russia uses in Ukraine are made in Iran. The Kremlin has repeatedly denied this claim.
A few minutes before Pukhov went on the air of the Russian program “What does it mean”, the hosts of Bogdan Prikhod and Yuri Tamantsev mentioned the fact that the West accuses Iran of supplying drones to Russia. When the announcer then came on stage, he greeted them and, not realizing that the microphone was already on, told them not to dwell on the subject too much. “We are not going to dwell on this issue too much. I beg you, don’t do this (…). We all know they are Iranian, but the government does not recognize them.“, he said, referring to an independent Russian newspaper. Jellyfish.
The video of the moment was posted on Twitter Julia Davis is a Daily Beast journalist who follows Russian state television.
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According to Meduza, the presenters seem to be following the instructions, and while Pukhov is in the studio, the topic of the drone is no longer touched upon. However, the commentator goes so far as to indicate that, given the current combat situation, Russia should import arms. “And there is nothing to be ashamed of. We have to collect everything we can, right?
The RBC website usually publishes issues of What Does It Mean, but the October 19 issue is not available on the website. list.
To a question from journalists after the show, Pukhov, a member of the collegium of the Russian Ministry of Defense, said he didn’t remember talking about Iranian drones. “Maybe yes, maybe not. I don’t remember, unfortunately. It was a long time ago, and after Covid I forgot something,” he defended.
Ukraine and its allies have accused Russia of using Iranian drones to carry out strikes on Ukrainian territory. The United States said it has “a lot of evidence” of the use of these weapons in Ukraine and that Iranian soldiers have even been enlisted to help Russian forces launch drones.
This Friday, Britain, France and Germany called on the United Nations to investigate the use of drones. Three countries claim it is a violation resolution 2231 (2015) UN Security Council backing Iran’s nuclear deal.
“We are ready to support the work of the UN secretariat in conducting a technical and impartial investigation,” the three countries said in a letter addressed to the organization’s Security Council, which Reuters had access.
Russia, for its part, denies the allegations and believes an investigation is unnecessary. On Thursday, after a meeting of the UN Security Council, Russia’s deputy ambassador urged Guterres and his team to “refrain from participating in any illegitimate investigation.” “Otherwise, we will have to overestimate our cooperation with them, which is hardly interesting to anyone. We do not want this, but there will be no other choice, ”he said, citing Reuters. Dmitry Polyansky denounced “baseless allegations and conspiracy theories”, saying the weapons were Russian-made.
Russia threatened to overestimate cooperation with Guterres in case of testing drones in Ukraine