Russia is supplying Iran with Shahed drones to use against the U.S. ​and Israel, Ukrainian President Volodymyr ‌Zelenskiy told CNN in an interview excerpt aired on Saturday.

Zelenskiy told CNN’s Fareed ​Zakaria that it is “100% facts” ​that Iran has used Russian-made Shaheds ⁠to attack U.S. bases.

Iran pioneered the Shahed drone, ​a much cheaper alternative to expensive ​missiles. They first saw mass use in Russia’s ‌invasion ⁠of Ukraine, where thousands of them have been launched by Russian forces since fall 2022, according to the Ukrainians.

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    Reportedly there are American parts in the Russian version of the Shahed drones. Now they are being used on Americans. Very shameful.

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    So… Why the fuck did Trump ease sanctions on Russia if they’re giving weapons to the country we’re apparently at war with?? The only answer that makes sense is corruption.

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    What is really suspicious is how almost everything Trump does seems to benifit Putin, I’m even thinking this Iran war was mostly because Russias economy was starting to show serious cracks.

    On the other hand Putin seems to Treat him like a moron.

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      yea its cracking, and the gop, right wing govt all over the world would be concerned that the money tap and troll farms would run dry from russia. notice how quiet the trolls were recently.

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      It also benefits China, so please blame Xi as well.

      China is going to leapfrog in technology with all you dimwits unable to claim any sort of responsibility, are done with fucking up things for yourself and everyone else again.

      US is no stranger to genocide, massacres, attacking civilian, kids and native population way before Putin or Soviet Union existed.

      But keep screaming at the boogeyman’s shadow.

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      If Trump was not an incompetent moron then I’d say perhaps there is something to the idea that he’s a Russian plant, but he is so this all probably just due to his inability to forecast the consequences of his actions.

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        Trump’s incompetence does not preclude him from being a Russian asset. His buttons are easy to press if you can get access to him.

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    A defeated (likely failed state) Iran would be bad for Russia, so Russia helps. A resisting Iran also means higher oil revenues for Russia, so Russia helps. There’s more reasons but these are probably enough.

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      It also kills American troops, which I’m sure Russia is happy for and honestly receiving an excellent deal for their investment.

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        Absolutely, Putin hates USA, and will do everything he can to undermine USA.
        Trump’s friendliness towards Russia and Putin is 100% one way only.

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    Russia’s support for Iran is just like US support for Ukraine.

    Edit: Not understanding the downvotes both are illegitimate wars. Both are helping their allies. Brown vs whites shouldn’t colour the fact.

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      Not really, considering the US could help Ukraine massively and refuses to do so. And meanwhile Russia is unable to do much more than send a bit of intel and some drones.

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        You’re just shit talking Russia, which is fine, but that doesn’t change that their support of the victim of aggression (Iran) is there same type of support that the US does to Ukraine.

        Zelenski standing up for the aggressor and making Ukraine a target of Iran just to please Israel is the real story no liberal is willing to discuss.