It is reported that Russia has stopped using Iranian-made kamikaze drones because they are made of plastic and other materials that cannot withstand freezing, writes Business Insider with reference to the Ukrainian news agency Unian.

Russia used Iranian drones to destroy electrical infrastructure in Ukraine, but has now allegedly abandoned them because they don’t work in cold weather, said Unian Yevhen Silkin of the Strategic Communications Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Yevhen Silkin. .

He explained that the drones are made of plastic and other materials that are not frost-resistant and have not been used by the Russian military since November 17, when the first snow of the year fell in Ukraine. Winters in Ukraine are very cold, with average temperatures often dropping below zero from December to March. On December 3, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haynes said that winter was expected to slow down the war and that a “reduced pace” was already being observed.

Since September, Russia has launched a massive wave of attacks using Iranian-made kamikaze drones that have killed civilians and destroyed energy facilities across Ukraine.

Iran and Russia deny any cooperation in the field of weapons. However, on November 5, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian admitted for the first time that his country had supplied drones to Russia, but claimed that this had happened before the war. Two days later, Robert Malley, the US special representative for Iran, dismissed the Iranian official’s claims, saying Iran had supplied Russia with dozens of drones this summer.

In addition, Iran’s admission that it had sent drones to Russia raised tensions in the country. Prominent conservative cleric and newspaper editor Masih Mohajeri says Iran should have condemned the Kremlin for starting this war and should have told it that it had no right to use UAVs during the conflict.

Russia allegedly used more than 400 Iranian drones in Ukraine

After being forced out of Ukrainian territory that its forces seized at the start of the war, Moscow moved to a strategy of relentless airstrikes on Ukrainian cities, using a combination of cruise missiles and kamikaze drones to cut off electricity and water to millions. people

Russia has reportedly used more than 400 Iranian-made attack drones against Ukraine, according to intelligence officials, many of which targeted civilian infrastructure such as power plants.

Recently, Moscow would have concluded a secret agreement with Tehran to start the production of drones on the territory of Russia, in order to use them in the war in Ukraine, American and Western intelligence services have found out, writes the American newspaper The Washington Post.

By acquiring its own drone production line, Russia could greatly increase its stockpile of the relatively cheap but devastating weapons it used in Ukraine in recent weeks, when Iranian kamikaze drones turned the tide of the conflict nine months into the conflict.