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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aamer Madhani

White House says Iran is helping Russia build a drone factory east of Moscow for the war in Ukraine

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Iran is providing Russia with materials to build a drone manufacturing plant near Moscow, according to a newly-declassified US intelligence report released by the White House on Friday.

The plant in the Alabuga special economic zone several hundred miles east of the Russian capital will be used to counter Ukraine’s latest offensive and could be operational early next year, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said.

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