Russia has now received shipments of these ballistic missiles and will likely use them within weeks in Ukraine against ukrainians Russia has an array of its own ballistic missiles but the supply of Iranian missiles enables Russia to use more of its Arsenal for targets that are further from the front line while dedicating the new missiles it's receiving from Iran for closer range Targets this development and the growing cooperation between Russia and Iran threatens Europe European security and demonstrates how Iran's destabilizing influence reaches far beyond the Middle East