The drones have been seen as a signal of growing closeness between Tehran and Moscow.ĬNN has reached out to the Iranian mission at the United Nations.Įarlier on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Iran's foreign ministry said reports that Tehran was sending weapons, including military drones, to Russia for the war in Ukraine were "untrue." Russia has launched many of what is believed to be a store of hundreds of Iranian-made drones from Crimea in a fusillade that has targeted Ukrainian cities and energy infrastructure in increasing numbers in recent weeks.
Iran has sent military personnel to Crimea to train and advise the Russian military on the use of Iranian-built drones, according to two sources familiar with US intelligence. Moscow has used these drones to devastating effect in its war in Ukraine, the sources say. The Biden administration has also said it had communications with Russia as part of ongoing efforts to secure the release of Griner and Whelan “as recently as within past days” a senior administration official told CNN.Ī Russian drone, which local authorities believe to be an Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicle, in Kyiv on Oct. Americans detained in Russia: US consular officers spoke by phone with detained Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan on Tuesday, according to the State Department.The pipelines were created to funnel gas from Russia into the European Union, and were controversial long before Russia waged war on Ukraine, largely because of fears around European reliance on Russian energy. Nord Stream pipelines: Danish authorities said that explosions were the cause of damage last month to two major gas pipelines between Russia and Europe.The governor of the Krasnodar Krai region, Veniamin Kondratiev, said the 14th person was found when rescuers were clearing the rubble. Yeysk fighter jet crash: At least 14 people died after a Russian SU-34 fighter jet crashed into a residential building in the western city of Yeysk during a training flight Monday, according to Russian state media and authorities.Meantime, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said there is “no point” in maintaining the country’s current level of diplomatic presence in the West, according to the country’s state media RIA Novosti. International reaction: Estonia’s parliament known as the Riigikogu designated Russia a “ terrorist regime” and a “state supporting terrorism” over its war in Ukraine.It has been held by Russian forces for more than seven months but is operated by its Ukrainian staff. The nuclear plant, which sits in the Russian-occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region, is the largest in Europe.
Separately, the statement welcomed the release of a ZNPP Deputy Director General, Valeriy Martynyuk, who was detained early last week. The IAEA statement on Tuesday confirmed the detentions, but did not name the staff, stating: "Director General Grossi expressed deep concern about the recent detentions of two other ZNPP staff members, which have been confirmed by the IAEA." The Ukrainian state energy company Energoatom claimed in a Telegram post on Monday that two workers at the Russian-occupied nuclear power plant were “kidnapped” and had pleaded for Grossi to intervene. “This is another concerning development that I sincerely hope will be resolved swiftly,” Grossi said in a statement. International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi “expressed deep concern” Tuesday about the recent detentions of two Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant staff members.
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