Chairman of the Joint Chiefs confirms Russian involvement in Iran war

Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, told senators Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has aided Iran's war effort.

He declined to go into details, citing the public nature of the hearing where he was speaking, but said, "There's definitely some action there."

The chair of the committee, Republican Sen. Roger Wicker, agreed, saying "there's no question that Vladimir Putin's Russia is taking serious action to undermine our efforts for success in Iran."

The EU's top diplomat said late last month that Russia was providing intelligence support to Iran in the war.

"We see that Russia is helping Iran with intelligence to target Americans, to kill Americans, and Russia is also supporting Iran now with the drones so that they can attack neighboring countries and also U.S. military bases," Kaja Kallas said at a G7 meeting outside Paris.

Multiple sources, including a senior U.S. official with direct knowledge, told CBS News earlier last month that Russia was providing intelligence to Iran regarding U.S. positions in the Middle East during joint U.S.-Israeli military operations.