Zelenskyy: We have irrefutable evidence that Russians continue to provide intelligence to Iranian regime
Russia continues to transfer intelligence data to Iran, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced following a report by Oleh Ivaschenko, head of the Main Intelligence Agency (GUR) of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, on Monday.
“We have irrefutable evidence that the Russians continue to provide intelligence to the Iranian regime. Russia is using its own signals intelligence and electronic intelligence capabilities, as well as part of the data obtained through cooperation with partners in the Middle East,” Zelenskyy said on X.
As reported by Politico on Friday, Russia offered the USA an agreement under which the Kremlin would stop sharing intelligence data with Iran, such as the precise coordinates of US military installations in the Middle East, if Washington stopped providing Ukraine with information about Russia. The USA refused.
"Two people familiar with the negotiations between the USA and Russia said Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev put this proposal to Trump administration envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner during their meeting last week in Miami," the publication’s website reported. The sources added that the USA rejected the proposal.
Prior to this, US Special Representative for Near East Affairs Stephen Witkoff stated that the Russians told US President Donald Trump during a phone call on Monday that they were not sharing intelligence with Iran during the US war against that country. However, when asked whether the Russians had provided intelligence to Iran, Witkoff replied, "Well, I’m not an intelligence officer, so I can’t tell you that."
