Ukraine-Russia war: Antony Blinken warns Iranian ballistic missiles to be used within weeks

Source: TheTelegraph

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  1. ***The Telegraph reports:***

    [Russia](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/07/russia-almost-detonated-nuclear-weapons-ukraine/) has received [ballistic missiles from Iran](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/08/iran-sends-missiles-russia-ukraine-war-avoid-sanctions-food/) and is likely to [use them against Ukraine](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/russia-ukraine-war/) “within weeks”, the US secretary of state has said.

    [Antony Blinken](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/07/secretary-state-antony-blinken-keir-starmer-ukraine-israel/) told reporters in London that the shipment of short-range missiles would pose a “threat to all Europe”.

    It came as Mr Blinken and [David Lammy, the UK Foreign Secretary](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/07/lammys-decision-suspend-arms-exports-israel-wrong-harmful/), announced that they would travel to Kyiv together to consult with [Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/04/ukraine-government-zelensky-russia-war-kuleba-putin/), on military aid and strategy before a key US-British summit on Friday.

    In London, Mr Blinken said: “Dozens of Russian military personnel … were trained in Iran to use the Fath 360 close-range ballistic missile system, which has a maximum range of 75 miles.”

    “Russia has now received shipments of these ballistic missiles and will likely use them within weeks in Ukraine against Ukrainians.”

    “This is a threat, not only to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people, but to all of Europe.”

    **Read more:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/10/russia-new-missiles-from-iran-to-be-used-against-ukraine/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/10/russia-new-missiles-from-iran-to-be-used-against-ukraine/)

  2. LongDongFrazier on

    Surely this is a red line with consequences. If US ballistic missiles being used in Russia is. SURELY Iranian ballistic missiles being used in Ukraine is.

  3. This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/09/10/russia-new-missiles-from-iran-to-be-used-against-ukraine/) reduced by 87%. (I’m a bot)
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    > Russia has received ballistic missiles from Iran and is likely to use them against Ukraine "Within weeks", the US secretary of state has said.

    > "Russia has now received shipments of these ballistic missiles and will likely use them within weeks in Ukraine against Ukrainians.”

    > The Fath 360, a satellite-guided missile with a 150-kilogram warhead, is a significantly more powerful weapon and will allow Russia to dedicate more on its longer-range missiles such as the Iskander M against targets deeper inside Ukraine.

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  4. NightchadeBackAgain on

    You guys all do realize that if Putin is crazy/stupid enough to use an Iranian ballistic missile to drop a nuke, we (the US) will immediately be at war with both Russia and Iran, yeah? This seriously has the potential to set off a serious global conflict.

  5. Warning means nothing. Accountablity means something. Lift your restrictions of use of weapons in Russia, that is called accountability.

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