What happened? Russia has likely upgraded Iranian drones during a three-week “pause” in their use.
Source. The report of the Institute for the Study of War.
Details. “The increased pace of russian drone attacks may indicate that russian forces accumulated more drones over the three-week period of not using them or that russia has recently received or expects soon to receive a new shipment of drones from Iran,” Western analysts explain
Background. After a long pause in the usage of Iranian drones on the territory of Ukraine, on December 7, the information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine appeared about the downing by Ukrainian soldiers of 14 Shahed-136 attack drones, one Orlan-10 UAV and two more enemy drones, the type of which was being specified
On the same day, the Zeit newspaper, citing diplomatic sources in the UN, reported that Iran intended to increase the supply of drones and ballistic missiles to russia to a significant extent.