• Lexam@lemmy.world
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    16 hours ago

    Well now Iran can’t afford to provide drones to use against Ukraine. And Ukraine has the best experience countering Iranian drones which can be a good currency.

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      15 hours ago

      Downside is that Russia was getting pretty close to big financial trouble because of the low price of oil and the attacks on Iran sent the price back up.

      Geopolitics!

    • Mihies@programming.dev
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      13 hours ago

      Russians build most of the drones themselves, it won’t change much. OTOH fuel prices and anti aircraft weapons and ammunition stocks dropping fast will make a difference.