Iran has admitted for the first time that it supplied drones to Moscow before the war. The Ukrainian President now accuses Tehran of lying to the crowd. According to Selenskyj, the at least ten kamikaze drones shot down per day speak against a limited number.
After the Iranian leadership admitted to having supplied combat drones to Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Tehran of lying. "Even with this confession they lie," said the Ukrainian leader in his daily video message. The number of Iranian combat drones shot down by the Ukrainian air defense system exceeds the "few" drones mentioned by Iran, Zelenskyj justified his accusation. "And the more Tehran lies, the more the international community will scrutinize this terrorist cooperation between the regimes in Russia and Iran."
Iran on Saturday admitted to supplying drones to Russia for the first time. Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian said the Islamic Republic provided Russia with a limited number of drones ahead of the war in Ukraine, state-run IRNA news agency reported. However, the chief diplomat denied further arms deliveries after the beginning of the Russian war of aggression and the provision of missiles.
According to the Ukrainian military, it has shot down hundreds of Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drones. At least ten a day. "Eleven Shahed drones were shot down yesterday alone," said Zelenskyy. The Ukrainian military leadership suspects that Russia has ordered 2,400 such drones. In an analysis of the current situation with the military leadership in Kyiv, the defense against Russian "rocket and drone terror" was also checked, Zelenskyy said. Even if the number of kills by the Ukrainian air defense increased, there was "still a lot to do" on this point.
In anticipation of larger numbers of tanks, armored vehicles and artillery, Ukraine is facing "important weeks," according to Zelenskyy. Ukraine is expecting "good news" on this point in a few weeks, said the Ukrainian President, without giving any further details.
The past few hours would have brought little change on the fronts in heavy fighting. He analyzed the situation on the war and energy fronts with the armed forces' command staff. "We know what the enemy is planning, we will react and continue to liberate our country."
