Russia has been sharing intelligence with Iran on the location of US forces in the Middle East in an attempt to help Tehran fight back, according to a new report.
The Kremlin has passed on the locations of American warships, aircraft, and other military assets ever since ‘Operation Epic Fury’ kicked off a week ago, three sources told the Washington Post in a story published today.
“It does seem like it’s a pretty comprehensive effort,” one official familiar with the intel told the newspaper.
Since the opening strike was fired last Saturday, Iran has scrambled to fire thousands of drones and missiles at US assets across the Middle East.
Despite the purported assistance of Russian-backed intelligence, President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth both declared that the US military quickly established “total dominance” over Iran — and that the enemy nation as already “lost everything.”
The exact extent of Russia’s involvement in handing over target information wasn’t immediately clear, Washington Post wrote.
The Kremlin had denounced the attacks on Iran as “a preplanned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent UN member state.”
Iran Devastated -US War Secretary
Hegseth, for his part, has already described the six-day campaign against the Iranian regime as being “nothing short of devastating.”
“Our forces are executing with unmatched skill and the mission is advancing decisively,” the Pentagon chief said Thursday.
“This is the kind of no-nonsense, results-driven warfighting that America demands.”
He also insisted that even more US firepower was on its way to the Middle East.
“Our capabilities are overwhelming and gathering still, as are those of our Israeli partners,” he said.
“Our munitions are full up and our will is ironclad, which means our timeline is ours and ours alone to control, as long as it takes to ensure the United States of America achieves these objectives.”
Stealth Bombers To Be Thrown Into Hostilities
An arsenal of US stealth bombers is expected to soon reach UK military bases.
American B-2 stealth bombers were slated to land at air bases at Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands and RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire after the British government initially rejected the Trump administration’s request to carry out strikes from the bases, according to reports.
But Prime Minister Keir Starmer later reversed course, allowing the US fleet to use UK runways within “a matter of days,” the Telegraph reported Wednesday.
He granted permission to use the sites for limited defensive purposes after Iran started shooting indiscriminately at allies in the Middle East, the outlet reported today.
Trump threatened Iran on Monday that “the big one is coming” as he vowed to ramp up strikes on the Islamic Republic after war broke out last weekend.
“We haven’t even started hitting them hard,” Trump said. “The big wave hasn’t even happened. The big one is coming soon.”
Hegseth also said Thursday that firepower over Tehran was “about to surge dramatically” with the help of the UK bases, the Telegraph reported.
“When we say more to come, it’s more fighter squadrons, it’s more capabilities, it’s more defensive capabilities,” he said. “And it’s more bomber pulses more frequently.”
Meanwhile, Israeli military chief Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said in a televised statement Friday that the joint US-Israeli bombing campaign has “additional surprises ahead which I do not intend to disclose.”
But he noted the next phase in the war that reached its 7th day would “further dismantle the regime and its military capabilities.”
The B-2 stealth bombers, which targeted Iranian ballistic missile sites at the start of the conflict, cost about $2 billion each and are known as the world’s priciest aircraft, Fox News reported.
*PHOTO CAPTION: Russian President Vladimir Putin.
