Russia-Iran Intel Sharing, Tit-for-Tat Strikes

0:00On April 8, Ukrainian intelligence dropped a bombshell assessment claiming Russian satellites gave Iran the intel to hit U.S. bases and other key. Spots in the Middle East. They say Russia ran at least 24 surveys from March 21 to 31, snapping picks of 46 targets across 11 countries, like military bases, airports, and oil fields. Right after, Iran launched missiles and drones at many of those same sites. A Western military source and regional security folks backed up the clings, pointing to Russia eyeing the straight-of-horn moves, too. One clear example, a Russian satellite imaged the Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia just days before Iran's strike on March 27, direct. A high-tech U.S.E. three-century plane then flew over again the next day to check the damage. Ukrainians also allige Russian and Iranian hackers teamed up on cyber-ops. Russian strikes hammered civilian areas hard this week. In night-proper troughs, drones took out two buses, killing four in Nikopol and injuring

1:03at least 16. Down in Kerson, a half-hour barrage on homes killed four elderly folks and wounded seven more, with deadly hits also in Zaporizia and Sumi. Ukraine hit back, striking Russia's Ust-Luga oil terminal in the Leningrad region and damaging three storage tanks. Meanwhile, a major drone attack sparked a fire at Russia's Novorossi's terminal in the Black Sea, halting its 700,000 barrels a day of. Crude exports and piling pressure on Moscow's energy setup. These satellite links, and tit-for-tatt strikes, show how the war's tentacles stretch far beyond Ukraine, pulling in bigger players and choking Russia's. Still flow as day 1,505 rolls on.