 Iran helping Russia build a drone factory near Moscow for the war. Iran is providing Russia with materials to build a drone manufacturing plant east of Moscow as the Kremlin looks to lock in a steady supply of weaponry for its ongoing invasion of Ukraine according to a US intelligence finding released by the White House. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said US intelligence officials believe a plant in Russia's alabuga special economic zone could be operational early next year. The White House released satellite imagery taken in April of the industrial location several hundred miles east of Moscow where it believes the plant will probably be built. President Joe Biden's administration said publicly in December that it believed Terran and Moscow were considering creating a drone assembly line in Russia for the Ukraine war. The new intelligence suggests the project in the alabuga region of Tatarstan. Kirby said that US officials have also determined that Iran continues to supply the Russian military with one way attack drones made in Iran. The drones are shipped through the Caspian Sea from Amirabad in Iran to Makashkala, Russia and are used by Russian forces against Ukraine. This is a full-scale defence partnership that is harmful to Ukraine, to Iran's neighbours and to the international community, Kirby said. We are continuing to use all tools at our disposal to expose and disrupt these activities including by sharing this with the public and we are prepared to do more.