Newslife ru5/2/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() However, six of the strikes involved Kinzhal ballistic missiles that eluded Kyiv's air defenses, the military said. A rare type of missile: Russia launched a total of 84 missiles over the last 24 hours, and Ukraine's air defenses intercepted 34 of them, the Ukrainian military said.Kyiv dismissed Moscow's claim the overnight assault on "peaceful cities and villages of Ukraine" was retaliatory. Russian security officials claimed a small Ukrainian armed group had crossed into Russia's Bryansk region last week. Russia's narrative: The Russian Ministry of Defense said the attack was retaliation for what the ministry called "terrorist actions" organized by Kyiv.President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his nightly address, said six people were killed directly from missile strikes, describing it as a " difficult night" in Ukraine. Some of the strikes used advanced missiles that Ukrainian forces cannot shoot down. Wave of Russian strikes: At least 11 people are dead and more than 20 injured following a barrage of Russian strikes against critical infrastructure across Ukraine, according to regional authorities.The partnership is not only further destabilizing Ukraine, but it could also threaten Iran's neighbors in the Middle East, National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said last month.ĬNN has reached out to the Russian embassy in Washington and the Iranian UN mission for comment. The coordination is yet another example of Moscow's growing defense partnership with Tehran, which has intensified over the last year as Russia has become increasingly desperate for external military support for its war against Ukraine. The Iranians also intercepted a US-made drone in 2011, a Lockheed Martin RQ-170 "Sentinel," and reverse-engineered it to create a new drone that crossed into Israeli airspace in 2018 before being shot down. It's not clear if Iran has successfully reverse-engineered any US weapons taken in Ukraine, but Tehran has proven highly adept at developing weapons systems based on US equipment seized in the past.Ī key weapon in Iran's inventory, the Toophan anti-tank guided missile, was reverse engineered from the American BGM-71 TOW missile in the 1970s. Still, US officials acknowledge that the issue is difficult to track. US officials don't believe that the issue is widespread or systematic, and the Ukrainian military has made it a habit since the beginning of the war to report to the Pentagon any losses of US-provided equipment to Russian forces, officials said. Washington-based think tank C4ADS, which collates official customs records aggregated from multiple third-party providers, provided the second set.ĬNN has not independently verified the data, which may provide a partial but not complete picture of the trade. The first was provided by trade data firm Import Genius, whose information is collated by secondary sources from official Russian customs and shipment records. The customs records came from two data sets. Three shipments from Poly Technologies were labeled as including products for the operation or service of the Russian-made Mi-171SH, a military transport helicopter that can be equipped with weapons and has been used in Moscow’s operations in Ukraine. ![]() China began importing this model of chopper from Russia more than 10 years ago, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Most of the helicopter parts included in the shipments to Russia were labeled for use in the multipurpose Mi-171E helicopter, designed for transport and search and rescue. Poly Technology’s long-term trade partner – Ulan Ude Aviation Plant, a purveyor of military-grade helicopters – also continued to send parts and several helicopters to the Beijing-based company last year, trade data show. Chinese state-owned defense firms have maintained trade relationships with sanctioned Russian defense companies during the past year, even as many of the world’s leading economies cut ties with Moscow and the companies driving its continued assault on Ukraine.Ĭustoms records reviewed by CNN show that throughout 2022, through at least mid-November, Beijing-based defense contractor Poly Technologies sent at least a dozen shipments – including helicopter parts and air-to-ground radio equipment – to a state-backed Russian firm sanctioned by the US for its connection to leader Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine. ![]()
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