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The British say Russia has run out of Iran-made drones.

That is unpleasant for Russia since many of the missiles shooting these drones down costed much more than the drones themselves. Also they were nice decoys distracting Ukrainian air defences away from more capable Russian cruise missiles.

But Iran is still there and can provide new ones, if Russia wants them. I am quite confident that this is what we will see. For their their purpose and in their role, these Iranian drones were quite good and extremely cost-efficient.
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Putin himself is said to be lied to about the exact course of the war and the situation of the Russian army, according to a Financial Times report. "No one is telling Putin the truth," a close Putin confidant told the newspaper. For its research, the Financial Times spoke with six longtime Putin confidants, people involved in the war, and current and former high-ranking officials in the West and Ukraine.
By keeping a low profile, the Kremlin officials would be protecting themselves more than anything else. Most members of Putin's presidential administration and economic cabinet have told friends that they oppose the war but feel they can do nothing about it, the report said. "It is really a unique war in world history when the entire elite is against it," one former senior official said.
Given Putin's failed war plan, the president would now look for new reasons to justify his deployment, the report added. "He tells people close to him, "It turns out we were completely unprepared. The Army is a wreck. Our industry is a mess. But it's good that we found out this way and not when NATO invaded us," a former official told the newspaper. The FSB intelligence service in particular is said to have convinced Putin before the war began that there would be no great resistance in Ukraine.
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