The Russian Federation is increasingly purchasing weapons in Iran and DPRK, and Britain's intelligence is increasingly purchased

The destruction of such agreements is evidenced by the destruction of the Iranian shock UAV Shahd-136 during the battles for Kupyansk. Russia is probably increasingly purchasing weapons from third countries to which international rigid sanctions apply. This is stated in the new report of the UK Ministry of Defense of September 14. The Office notes that Russia is forced to buy weapons in countries such as North Korea and Iran, as its own reserves are depleted against a full -scale war in Ukraine.

The report states that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation was first used on the front of Iranian UAVs-it is a model of Shahd-136, which was destroyed in the Kupyansk region by Ukrainian servicemen during a successful counter-offensive in the Kharkiv direction. The intelligence officers remind that the eliminated drone of Iran's production is a one -sided shock apparatus, the claimed range of which is about 2500 km.

According to the agency, such UAVs were previously used in hostilities in the Middle East, in particular during an attack on the MT Mercer Street oil tanker in July 2021. "The loss of the Iranian drone ShahED-136 near the front line implies a real threat that Russia is trying to use this system to task tactical blows rather than against strategic goals, located further in Ukraine,"-added British scouts in the new report.

Earlier, British intelligence reported the defeat in the Kharkiv region of the elite unit of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which was prepared in Russia for the defense of Moscow and direct confrontation with NATO countries. According to the department, it is about the 1st Guards Tank Army, which suffered losses in the first days of a full-scale invasion and was not restored to the assault operation of the Armed Forces in early September.