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Thursday, January 4, 2024
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Thursday, January 4, 2024
WSJ: Russia moving ahead with plan to buy Iranian ballistic missiles
A handout picture from Iran's Defense Ministry shows a 4th generation Khorramshahr ballistic missile being launched at an undisclosed location in Iran, May 25, 2023. (AFP)
Russia is planning to buy short-range ballistic missiles from Iran, a step that would enhance Moscow’s ability to target Ukraine’s infrastructure, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing US officials.
Last year, the White House said it was seeing more indications that Russia and Iran were expanding an unprecedented defense partnership that would help Moscow prolong its war in Ukraine as well as pose a threat to Iran’s neighbors.
In a call last month, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin for “the dangerous cooperation between Russia and Iran,” according to the Israeli readout.
