Iran has supplied Moscow with its Shahed attack drone to use on the battlefield. Tehran has always denied this, saying the deliveries were made before the start of the war.
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00:00The United States has reportedly informed its allies that Iran has transferred short-range
00:07ballistic missiles to Russia to use in the war in Ukraine.
00:11Two anonymous officials confirmed the U.S. intelligence findings but didn't say how many
00:15weapons had been delivered or when the transfers took place.
00:19The White House has warned Tehran for months against transferring ballistic missiles to
00:24Moscow.
00:25Ukraine has been providing Russia with a Chahed attack drone since autumn 2022.
00:31Meanwhile the Russian Defense Ministry has said its forces have liberated the village
00:36of Kalinova, 25 kilometers southeast of Pokrovsk.
00:40Russian troops have been advancing on the key logistics hub for months, prompting Ukraine
00:45to order the mandatory evacuation of children from the city last month.
00:49And on Saturday, residents in Kursk went to the polls to vote in local elections.
00:55The Western Russian region is where Ukraine launched a lightning incursion on August 6,
01:00seizing several settlements with the aim of creating a buffer zone inside Russia.