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Kremlin says WSJ report on Russia sharing drone technology with Iran is 'fake news'

AL-Monitor
Mar 18, 2026
FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2026. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Central African Republic's President Faustin-Archange Touadera at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2026. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo — Alexander Zemlianichenko

MOSCOW, March 18 (Reuters) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that a Wall Street Journal report that Russia is sharing satellite imagery and improved drone technology with Iran is "fake news".

Russia has been expanding its intelligence sharing and military cooperation with Iran, providing satellite imagery and improved drone technology to aid Tehran’s targeting of U.S. forces in the region, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

(Reporting by Dmitry Antonov; Writing by Anastasia Teterevleva; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)