Iran has supplied large quantities of bullets, rockets and mortar shells to Russia for use in Ukraine, Sky News reported Wednesday, citing a security source. 

The deliveries were reportedly made by two Russian-flagged cargo ships that traveled from Iran to the Russian port of Astrakhan on the Caspian Sea earlier this year.

Tehran has emerged as one

The Russian security services have detained a 19-year-old political activist on suspicion of involvement in the sabotage of railway lines, Oleg Filatchev, the head of a group called the Russian Citizen Alliance, told The Moscow Times on Wednesday. 

Nikita Klunya, who is also a member of Russian Citizen Alliance, was reportedly detained in the

President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday praised Russian women participating in Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine at a Kremlin event marking International Women's Day.

"Now that Russia is facing direct threats to its security and sovereignty, we see many examples of bravery and determination," Putin said during the ceremony. 

"In this hall