Russia wants to use Iranian drones for final strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure

Operational Command South's press center head Natalia Humeniuk voiced this assumption on the air of the telethon.

“They (the Russian forces - ed.) kept these drones, probably for consolidating strikes on the infrastructure. They continue the methods of man-made terror and are trying to create an energy crisis in Ukraine. This is why they launch missiles. But they are more expensive, and they also use drones. We warned that the enemy is trying to study and exhaust our air defense system, which does not allow them to carry out their terror fully according to calculations,” she said.

• On December 6, the spokesman of the Ukrainian Air Force, Yurii Ihnat, suggested that the first batch of Iranian Shahed-136 combat drones had finished in the Russian army. He came to this conclusion due to the fact that Russia did not launch drones over Ukraine for several weeks.

• On the night of December 7, the Air Force shot down 14 Shahed drones over Ukraine.

• On December 7, Zeit reported that Russia had probably ordered a new batch of drones and ballistic missiles from Iran.