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Putin's 'hidden hand' likely helping Iran against Trump, UK defence secretary says
UK Defence Secretary John Healey suggests Russian President Putin supports Iranian drone tactics amid escalating strikes that have pushed oil prices above $100 per barrel.
- Defence Secretary John Healey, visiting Northwood, warned Vladimir Putin's hidden hand likely supports some Iranian tactics, benefiting from high oil prices that fund his war in Ukraine.
- On Wednesday night, a swarm of suicide drones struck the Erbil air base, Iran fired more than 2,000 Shahed drones across the Middle East, and explosive boats attacked tankers in Iraqi waters.
- Lieutenant General Nick Perry told the defence secretary there were "definitively" signs linking Russia and Iran, Tehran sold Shahed drones to Russia, and a second military commander said 'A number did impact the camp'.
- British air‑defence forces shot down two drones with no British casualties and some US troops reporting minor injuries; the UK logged more than 300 pilot flying hours and HMS Dragon sails to the Mediterranean.
- Amid the wider humanitarian toll, nearly 1 million displaced Lebanese people, more than 1,300 Iranian civilian deaths, and 10,000 civilian sites bombed worsen regional instability; the International Energy Agency recommended releasing 400 million barrels from reserves.
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British Defense Secretary John Healy believes that Russia is involved in the way Iran uses its Shaheed-type drones in the war with the United States and Israel, writing The Guardian on March 12.
·Riga, Latvia
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The British Defense Minister, John Healey, has accused Russia of supporting Iran in its attacks against Israel and the bases of the United States and its allies in the Middle East. Healey has specifically referred to the tactics used by Iranian drone pilots to dodge air defence systems and impact on their targets, which has already happened at one of the UK bases in Cyprus and which has been repeated early this Thursday in Erbil, Iraq, where Bri…
·Barcelona, Spain
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