US President Donald Trump said Monday, July 27 that his administration will look into President Volodymyr Zelensky’s claim that Russia had passed images of American military bases to Iran.According to Interfax-Ukraine, Trump made the remarks to reporters after Zelensky said Russia had been helping Iran strike military targets belonging to the US and Gulf states, citing Ukrainian intelligence on Saturday, July 25.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.“Well, we’ll find out if that’s true. I’ll ask Putin about it. But even if they did, it had no impact whatsoever,” Trump said, adding that he doubted such cooperation could have occurred at a high level.Trump dismisses Iran’s military capacityTrump argued that any satellite-sharing arrangement between Moscow and Tehran would have been largely meaningless, given Iran’s limited military capabilities.“They don’t have an army, they don’t have an air force, they don’t have a navy, they don’t have anything,” Trump said. “So it didn’t work,” he continued.Zelensky’s initial allegationZelensky said Russian satellites focused specifically on four airbases across the Gulf region on July 19 and 20 alone – two in Bahrain, and one each in Jordan and Kuwait – timing he said left little doubt about the purpose behind the surveillance.“Since the beginning of July, we have been recording active Russian satellite surveillance of Gulf countries’ territory and the American military facilities located there,” Zelensky said. “I will instruct intelligence to pass on to partners the information we have about Russia’s new assistance to the Iranian regime.”
Trump Downplays Zelensky’s Claim That Russia Fed Iran US Base Satellite Images for Strikes
Trump questioned the significance of alleged Russia-Iran intelligence sharing, arguing Iran’s lack of military capacity made it irrelevant.











