Russia is getting drones from Iran. It’s interesting that Iran’s tech is at that level, where they are selling it to a superpower.

That said, it’s very unlikely that they are actually physically going to Crimea to help the Russians. It’s possible, but it seems very made up.

Reuters:

The United States has said Iranian military trainers were in Crimea helping Russian forces operate Iranian-made drones to attack targets in Ukraine, adding an alarming strand to a war that has heightened geopolitical tensions.

Ukrainian citizens endured the first day of nationwide scheduled power outages since the war began eight months ago so repairs could be made to damaged or destroyed energy plants as winter approaches.

“We can confirm that Russian military personnel based in Crimea have been piloting Iranian UAVs and using them to conduct kinetic strikes across Ukraine, including in strikes against Kyiv in recent days,” U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price told a daily briefing with reporters, referring to unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones.

“We assess that … Iranian military personnel were on the ground in Crimea and assisted Russia in these operations,” Price said. He said “we do have credible information” but he did not provide evidence.

Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and has used the southern peninsula to train soldiers and reopen Soviet-era military bases as part of the invasion of its neighbour.

There was no immediate public reaction from Tehran to the U.S. accusations but Iran has denied the drones are Iranian-made. Russia has also denied using Iranian drones in Ukraine.

Russia’s defence and foreign ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that Washington was going to pursue all means to “expose, deter and confront” Iran’s supply of munitions to Russia, including more sanctions, while also considering air defences for Ukraine.

European Union members have agreed on new measures against Iran, the bloc said, while Britain imposed sanctions on senior military figures and a firm it said were involved in the supply of Iranian drones to Moscow.

Russia and Iran have also been involved in the 11-year-long civil war in Syria, together supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

“Iran and Russia, they can lie to the world, but they certainly can’t hide the facts, and the fact is this: Tehran is now directly engaged on the ground,” Kirby said, without providing details.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister t said on Twitter he had held detailed discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on a request for air and missile defence systems and technology. Lapid’s office said the Israeli leader expressed “deep concern” about the military connection between Iran and Russia.

Yes. Of course.

I spoke to Israeli Prime Minister @YairLapid and informed him on unspeakable suffering, loss of life, and destruction caused by Russian missiles and Iranian-made drones. We discussed in detail Ukraine’s request for Israel to provide air and missile defense systems and technology.

— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) October 20, 2022

This is a very obvious way to more aggressively link Iran to Russia, to talk about how Iran is taking part in the “occupation.”

Israel is already basically at war with Russia on multiple fronts, but this justifies further action.

UPDATE I: 

Here’s video of the plane going down.

BREAKING: This video shows #Israel|i F-16I pilots ejected after their airplane was successfully shot-down by a #Syria|n Air Defense Force's S-200V SAM. They are evacuated from the crash zone now. pic.twitter.com/pYMdoLVeY1

— Babak Taghvaee (@BabakTaghvaee) February 10, 2018

All flights at Ben Gurion Airport are down, reportedly.

#Israel airspace is completely shutdown. All flights are cancelled at #BenGurion / chaos in #TelAviv

— Teoman Toygan (@teoman_toygan) February 10, 2018

Damascus is being bombed to hell by the Jews. Reportedly.

Sources in Damascus say surface-to-air missiles going off non-stop. Israel is pounding western Damascus

— Leith Aboufadel (@leithfadel) February 10, 2018

We might have a war on our hands here, kids.

Original article follows.

Israel has been attacking Iranian, Hezbollah and SAA targets in Syria for most of the “civil” war. They have apparently had enough of their bullshit and this time, Israeli jets were met with mosquito zappers!

The IAF flying rats are getting clipped and are dropping all over Northern Israel and the Golan Heights.

This may be the start of a war. Adding to the intrigue is the fact that it was a Russian S200 anti-aircraft system that bought down the illegal Jewish interloper jets. The fact that Russians are spread out all over Syria and are willing to let their allies engage may cause Israel to tone down its aggression.

Regardless, it will be difficult for Donald “America First” Trump to sell a war for Israel to the war-weary (both parties) US public.

The Guardian:

An Israeli F-16 fighter has been shot down by Syrian anti-aircraft fire on a raid to destroy Iranian facilities allegedly responsible for launching a drone into Israel.

The Israeli military claims it shot down the drone and struck Iranian targets in Syria after what it called a “severe and irregular violation of Israeli sovereignty”.

The military says its planes faced heavy anti-aircraft counter fire from Syria that forced Israeli pilots to abandon an F-16 jet that crashed in the Jezreel valley in northern Israel. It said the pilots were injured and evacuated to hospital. Sirens sounded in northern Israel as a result of Syrian fire.

It was one of the most serious incidents involving Israel, Iran and Syria since the start of the Syrian civil war almost eight years ago.

Israeli military spokesman Jonathan Conricus said on Twitter that Iran was “responsible for this severe violation of Israeli sovereignty”.

“IDF (Israel Defence Forces) has targeted the Iranian control systems in Syria that sent the [unmanned aircraft] into Israeli airspace. Massive Syrian anti-air fire, one F16 crashed in Israel, pilots safe,” Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said on Twitter on Saturday.

The Israelis are acting like they won this exchange because they were allegedly able to shoot down an Iranian toy helicopter. They were also trying to play off the losses, and some in the media are still insisting they only lost one jet even though they are admitting two pilots were ejected. Jewish math!

There’s another unconfirmed report from the generally reliable Partisan Girl saying that the Syrians managed to take down an Israeli helicopter as well.

#Urgent Information about the #Israeli Apache helicopter shot down, they say it was over Shab'a farms, an area of Lebanon occupied by #Israel.

— Partisangirl 🇸🇾 (@Partisangirl) February 10, 2018

The Syrians are finally defending themselves. The only way to deal with Jewish audacity is by shooting back!

BREAKING: For a second time #Israel had launched missiles at Damascus countryside. Also, all shot down by Syrian air defence systems. #Syria

— Partisangirl 🇸🇾 (@Partisangirl) February 10, 2018

As soon as these filthy kikes went on retreat, the Al-Qaeda and ISIS rebels in the Golan Heights started exchanging “heavy fire” with the Syrian military. This was to cover the Israeli rescue operation.

Israel was exposed last year as the top benefactor for Golan Heights terrorist groups. Their weapons, food, ammo and even salaries are all provided by the state of Israel.