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Iran acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that it had supplied Moscow with drones but said they were sent before the war in Ukraine, where Russia has used them to target power stations and civilian infrastructure.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said a “small number” of drones had been shipped a few months before Russia’s February 24 invasion.

“This fuss made by some Western countries that Iran has provided missiles and drones to Russia to help the war in Ukraine – the missile part is completely wrong,” the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying. In a video address, Zelenskiyy dismissed talk of limited Iranian supplies to Russia, saying Ukraine had downed 11 drones on Friday alone.

“They transferred dozens just this summer and have military personnel in occupied Ukraine helping Russia use them,” he said. IRNA quoted Amirabdollahian as saying Tehran and Kyiv had agreed to discuss allegations about the use of Iranian drones but the Ukrainians did not show up for talks.

 

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And North America/Bratain/Europe are supply millions worth weapons to Ukraine,And Kiev is using them to target civilians infrastructures in Russian speaking regions such as Luhask/Donetsk/Crimea. STOP BBC propaganda, SABC doesn't have reporters in Ukraine you have no idea what..!

Pity our very own DENEL was trashed by the ANC.. otherwise we could have had those lucrative contracts !

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