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Only 120 Iskanders left in Russia - Intelligence Service of Ukraine

In this context, Russia has reached an agreement with Iran on the purchase of ballistic missiles. They are to be delivered by planes and ships.

Only 120 Iskanders left in Russia - Intelligence Service of Ukraine
A truck with a Zolfaghar missile during a parade in Bandar Abbas, Iran, 2019
Photo: Mehr News Agency

Russia has used about 80% of its modern missiles. There are about 120 "Iskanders" left, Vadym Skibitskiy, a representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), said in a comment to The Economist, according to the DIU website.

He added that the military intelligence is aware of the Kremlin's plans to buy Iranian ballistic missiles Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar. They want to send them by air to the Crimea, and from there - by sea to the Russian Caspian ports.

Skibitskiy stressed that these agreements have already been reached.

Iskander is a line of surface-to-surface ballistic tactical missile systems.

Fateh-110 is an Iranian mobile single-stage solid fuel rocket. It was used in the Syrian war by Iran and Syria. Zolfaghar - Iranian road-mobile single-stage solid fuel ballistic missile of short range, capable of hitting targets at a distance of 300 to 700 km.

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