Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has alleged that Russia supplied satellite intelligence that assisted Iran in planning and assessing attacks on military sites in the Gulf.
According to Zelenskyy, there was a “clear correlation between Russia’s satellite imagery of these sites and Iranian strikes—both before the attacks, in preparation for them, and afterward, to assess the damage inflicted.”
He claimed that Russian satellites focused on four regional air bases between July 19 and 20, including two in Bahrain, one in Jordan and one in Kuwait.
“I will instruct our intelligence to share with our partners the information we have regarding Russia’s new assistance to the Iranian regime. Since the beginning of July, we have recorded active Russian satellite surveillance of the Gulf states and U.S. military facilities located there,” Zelenskyy said.
He also alleged that Russia is preparing to receive 30,000 North Korean troops to reinforce its military, raising fresh concerns over expanding military cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang.
“Russia wants to receive another 30,000 troops from North Korea,” Zelenskyy said. “Since June, preparations have been underway in Russia’s Voronezh region to receive them. North Korea is also preparing to transfer additional launchers for ballistic missiles to Russia.”
Zelenskyy warned that the growing partnership between Russia and North Korea posed a broader international security threat.
“This is a threat not only to Ukraine,” he said. “Russia is helping North Korea learn how to wage war, improve its weapons, and gain real combat experience in using them. All of this is a threat to everyone in Asia who is within range of North Korean missiles.”
Separately, U.S. President Donald Trump warned China and Russia against supplying weapons to Iran while stating that Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin had assured him that neither country was currently providing military assistance to Tehran.
In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said both Beijing and Moscow had pledged not to transfer weapons to Iran, warning that any violation of that commitment would have serious consequences.
“Therefore, two major countries that people speak of often in terms of Iran are, in my opinion, not participating,” Trump wrote. “If they did, it would be very bad for them. Certainly not in their best interests.”
