Russia supplies Iran with cyber support, spy imagery to hone attacks: Ukraine
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Russia is providing Iran with cyber support and spy imagery to aid in attacks on US and regional targets, according to a Ukrainian intelligence assessment. The assessment found that Russian satellites have made dozens of detailed imagery surveys of military facilities and critical sites across the Middle East, which were then targeted by Iranian ballistic missiles and drones.
Russia is supplying Iran with cyber support and spy imagery to hone attacks on US forces and other targets. Ukrainian intelligence assessed that Russian satellites made at least 24 surveys of areas in 11 Middle Eastern countries, covering 46 objects including US and other military bases and sites. The surveys were conducted between March 21 and March 31, and within days, military bases and headquarters were targeted by Iranian ballistic missiles and drones. A Western military source and a regional security source confirmed intense Russian satellite activity in the region and said that imagery had been shared with Iran. The Ukrainian assessment also found that Russian and Iranian hackers were collaborating in the cyber domain. The exchange of satellite imagery is being organised through a permanent communications channel used by Russia and Iran.
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