New photos released on social media show that Iran has also sent major military equipment to the Russian army, not just kamikaze drones.

The images show that some Russian troops were equipped with NIJ IV bulletproof vests and NIJ II helmets, both made by Iranian arms company Milad Industrial.

The administrators of the Ukraine Weapons Tracker page remind that after the decree on partial mobilization on September 21, the Russian army had big problems with equipping new recruits, Moscow was forced to turn to third countries, including for the supply of basic equipment, such as military helmets or bulletproof vests. vests

The lack of equipment and other problems with the mobilization and training process led to the fact that Russian recruits publish numerous videos on social networks that show the deplorable conditions of being in the “army of the Second World War.”

More recently, Dagestani soldiers already fighting on the frontline shared a video showing them being sent into battle wearing construction helmets and other gear unsuitable for the modern battlefield.

“Given the context, this purchase in Iran looks quite logical, although it is undoubtedly a humiliating step,” Ukraine Weapons Tracker notes.

Iran’s military support for Russia in its war of aggression

Administrators of the Ukraine Weapons Tracker website, known for tracking the fighting in Ukraine and the military equipment used by both sides of the conflict, point out that there is no way this equipment could have gotten into the hands of Russian soldiers without Tehran. official participation.

“Milad is a branch of Iranian Defense Industries, a state-owned company. These things are simply not sold at your local grocery store,” they explain.

After months of denying U.S. accusations that it was sending kamikaze drones to Russia, despite numerous photos and videos that later surfaced on social media confirming it, Iran on Nov. 5 admitted for the first time that its drones are in Russian armed forces.

But Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said a “small number” of drones had been delivered to Russia months before Moscow’s forces invaded Ukraine on February 24.

In addition, Amirabdollahian denied that Tehran is still supplying Moscow with military drones.

In mid-October, the American newspaper The Washington Post wrote, citing several American officials on condition of anonymity, that Moscow had reached an agreement with Tehran to also receive Iranian-made missiles.

On November 7, Ukraine said that Western air defense systems that had recently arrived in Kyiv would help counter new threats from Iranian ballistic missiles, but they would have to be destroyed at the launch site.

“I believe that both the top leadership of the military leadership and our partners are working on this issue, looking for effective ways to counter these new threats,” – said then the spokesman of the Air Force of Ukraine Yuriy Ignat.

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