The White House said Thursday that the U.S. has evidence that Iranian troops are 'directly engaged on the ground' in Crimea supporting Russian drone attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure and civilian population.
— The White House said Thursday that the U.S. has evidence that Iranian troops are"directly engaged on the ground" in Crimea supportingNational Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that Iran has sent a"relatively small number" of personnel to Crimea, a part of Ukraineby Russia in contravention of international law in 2014, to assist Russian troops in launching Iranian-made drones against Ukraine.
The U.S. first revealed this summer that Russia was purchasing Iranian unmanned aerial vehicles to launch against Ukraine. In alate Wednesday, the U.S., U.K. and France accused Iran of selling drones to Russia in violation of a U.N. Security Council ban against their transfer. Iran and Russia both denied the sale of the munitions.
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