Iran will sell missiles to Russia to use in its war in Ukraine, according to Western intelligence, triggering calls from Israeli officials to start arming Kyiv.

Russia has already deployed Iranian Shahed-136 drones in Ukraine and the new missiles will boost its depleted arsenal after eight months of war.

The Washington Post quoted the two intelligence officers as saying that Iran will send more drones as well as Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar missiles to Russia.

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These are ballistic missiles with a range of about 200 miles and 400 miles that are fired from vehicles. They are not a substitute for the high-precision cruise missiles that the British Ministry of Defence said Russia was running out of.

“Russia’s defence industry is probably incapable of producing advanced munitions at the rate they are being expended,” the MoD said.

Read more: The Telegraph