Russia allegedly sharing satellite intelligence on US bases with Iran, world leader claims

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russian reconnaissance satellites person precocious imaged cardinal U.S. and allied subject facilities crossed the Middle East, raising concerns astir imaginable targeting, aft returning from a high-stakes travel to Gulf countries present nether Iranian attack.

Zelenskyy’s remarks travel arsenic Ukraine deepens its relation successful the region, sharing quality and defence expertise with Middle Eastern partners facing Iranian rocket and drone strikes.

In a March 28 station connected X, Zelenskyy said helium had been briefed that Russian satellites photographed aggregate strategical sites "in the interests of Iran," including bases and captious vigor infrastructure crossed the Gulf.

"Everyone knows that repeated reconnaissance indicates preparations for strikes," helium wrote.

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A outer representation from Planet Labs shows a plume of fume supra Tehran, Iran connected March 1, 2026. (Planet Labs PBC)

According to Zelenskyy, the surveillance occurred implicit respective days successful precocious March. On March 24, Russian satellites reportedly captured imagery of the U.S.-U.K. subject installation connected Diego Garcia successful the Indian Ocean. The pursuing days included Kuwait International Airport and parts of the Greater Burgan lipid field, arsenic good arsenic Prince Sultan Air Base successful Saudi Arabia.

Additional sites imaged connected March 26 included Saudi Arabia’s Shaybah lipid and state field, Turkey’s Incirlik Air Base, and Al Udeid Air Base successful Qatar, 1 of the largest U.S. subject installations successful the region.

Some of the locations identified by Zelenskyy, including places successful Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, person been targeted successful caller Iranian attacks, though it remains unclear whether the outer imagery helium described was straight utilized successful those operations.

The informing follows Zelenskyy’s caller sojourn to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Jordan, wherever helium discussed information practice and shared quality with determination leaders.

Incirlik Air Base, Turkey rider terminal. (U.S. Air Force)

In an interrogation published Monday by Axios, Zelenskyy said Ukraine had provided Middle Eastern partners with accusation astir Russian enactment for Iran, including imaginable targeting assistance.

"I deliberation Russia is supporting Iran directly, 100%," Zelenskyy told Axios. "The aforesaid format of sharing outer images similar they did successful the lawsuit of Ukraine."

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Map of US subject bases Iran could target (Fox News)

Ksenia Svetlova, an subordinate chap astatine Chatham House, said caller developments constituent to accrued practice successful that space. "There is much practice successful everything that has to bash with intelligence," she said, citing reports that Russia has provided Iran with "a people list, basically, done their satellites, American targets, but besides aerial targets successful the Gulf."

Svetlova added that specified enactment enables Russia to assistance Iran without deploying troops oregon equipment.

"They are doing for the Iranians immoderate they tin without spending money, spending troops, oregon spending equipment," she said.

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his yearly end-of-year property league successful Moscow connected Dec. 19, 2024. (Alexander Nemenov/AFP via Getty Images)

The White House has not confirmed the intelligence-sharing but said it is not impacting U.S. operations.

"Nothing provided to Iran by immoderate different state is affecting our operational success. The United States subject has struck much than 11,000 targets and destroyed much than 150 Iranian naval vessels, starring to their rocket attacks and drone attacks decreasing by 90%. The violent Iranian authorities continues to beryllium crushed by the afloat mightiness of the astir lethal warring unit successful the world," White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales told Fox News Digital.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio besides downplayed concerns astir Russia’s role, telling reporters Friday: "There is thing Russia is doing for Iran that is successful immoderate mode impeding oregon affecting our cognition oregon the effectiveness of it."

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Foreign workers look astatine a gangly plume of achromatic fume ascends pursuing an detonation successful the Fujairah concern portion connected March 3, 2026. Iran's strikes connected Gulf neighbours since February 28, pursuing the US-Israeli attack, forced the UAE to unopen its airspace, blindsiding travellers who thought they were headed to 1 of the region's safest vacation destinations.  (Fadel Senna / AFP via Getty Images)

Lt. Gen. Richard Newton (Ret.), a erstwhile U.S. Air Force adjunct vice main of staff, said the reports should not travel arsenic a surprise.

"The latest reports that Russia provided indispensable imaging quality to the Iranian authorities to people a U.S. aerial basal successful Saudi Arabia should astonishment nary one. Putin is our adversary who can't beryllium trusted."

"We should debar a nonstop struggle with Moscow," helium added, "but determination indispensable beryllium consequences for Russia aiding and abetting the Iranian authorities that harms American subject unit and our assets.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (not pictured) be a property league astatine the Chancellery of the Prime Minister successful Warsaw, Poland, Jan. 15, 2025. (Aleksandra Szmigiel/Reuters)

Russia has not publically responded to Zelenskyy’s claims. Fox News Digital has reached retired to the Russian authorities and the Iranian ngo to the United Nations for remark and did not person responses successful clip for publication.

Carrie Filipetti, enforcement manager of the Vandenberg Coalition and a erstwhile elder State Department official, told Fox News Digital the reports bespeak a broader and increasing threat.

"There is nary clearer awesome that Russia is simply a unsafe adversary than the continued reporting that Russia is providing quality targeting Americans to a authorities presently engaged successful combat against the United States," Filipetti said.

"American work members' lives are astatine continued hazard due to the fact that of Putin's warfare machine," she added, informing that Washington indispensable enactment to "hold the Russian authorities accountable and forestall aboriginal American deaths."

U.S. Army soldiers bid astatine al-Asad aerial base. The basal is located successful Western Iraq.  (Source: U.S. Army )

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Zelenskyy has besides questioned ongoing discussions astir easing sanctions connected Russia.

"There indispensable beryllium unit connected the aggressor. And lifting sanctions is surely not pressure," helium wrote.