🇧🇷We just delivered a limited number of drones to Russia months before the war in Ukraine,” the Iranian minister said after weeks of accusations from the United States and Western allies about Russia’s use of Iranian drones.
The United States also accused Iran of delivering missiles – which the Iranian minister denounced as “completely inaccurate” – and sending military personnel into Russian-occupied Crimea to teach Russians how to use drones and provide technical assistance. grant. The Iranian minister has not commented on these allegations, according to Europa Press.
The Ukrainian military says it has so far shot down hundreds of Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones, and Russia is estimated to have ordered about 2,400 drones of this model.
Amir-Abdoulahian even blamed Kiev for its unwillingness to discuss the issue, accusing Ukraine of missing a recently scheduled meeting on the issue.
“Two weeks ago we had planned a meeting to discuss this issue, in a European country. Our delegation was present, but unfortunately, after 90 minutes of waiting, the Ukrainian delegation did not show up,” said the minister, quoted by the Tasnim agency , writes Europe
The Iranian minister also asked Ukrainian authorities to share with Tehran all evidence of the use of Iranian drones in attacks in Ukraine. “If we are shown that Russia has used Iranian drones in the war against Ukraine, we will not stand by,” he said, according to the official Iranian news agency IRNA.
“Our position on the war in Ukraine is to end the conflict, bring the parties back into negotiations and get refugees back to their homes.”he added.
Ukrainian response: ‘Tehran must realize that the consequences will be far-reaching’
The first Ukrainian response came from the spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oleg Nikolenko, who rejected the Iranian minister’s statements, assuring that the main intention is that such attacks cease and the alleged absence of said meeting is false. puts the jaw.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, led by Dimitro Kuleba and in close cooperation with the relevant Ukrainian authorities, will continue to take the strictest measures to prevent Russia from using Iranian weapons to kill Ukrainians and destroy our critical infrastructure,” he said. . ., quoted by Europa Press.
🇧🇷Tehran must realize that the consequences of complicity in the Russian Federation’s acts of aggression against Ukraine will be much broader than the benefit of Russian support.’ he concluded.
Source: DN
