The White House on Thursday said that Russia is using Iranian drones launched from the Crimean Peninsula to attack Ukrainian forces and that Iranian troops are in the region.
John Kirby, the communications coordinator at the National Security Council, told reporters that Iranian personnel are on the Crimean Peninsula and that it’s evidence Tehran is involved in the war.
“We can confirm that Russian military personnel that are based in Crimea have been piloting Iranian UAVs, using them to conduct strikes across Ukraine, including strikes against Kyiv,” Kirby told reporters. He was referring to unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones.
Kirby did not provide direct evidence for his assertion….