Jeff Mitchell (@jeff_mitchell)

🇨🇳🇷🇺🇮🇷❌🇺🇸— NEW: China and Russia are both helping Iran in the war, Hegseth tells lawmakers, CNN reports. ➡️ Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee Tuesday that China and Russia are, “at different levels, enabling some of the things Iran is doing.” ➡️ Hegseth declined to detail how, saying “the depth and extent of it ought to remain classified.” ➡️ CNN previously reported China was preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran, and that Russia was sharing advanced drone tactics from its war in Ukraine to help strike US and Gulf targets. ➡️ Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine declined to address the question in an unclassified setting. IntelSlava