Iran Acknowledges Drone Shipments to Russia Before War, Kyiv Claims Tehran Is Lying

Iran Acknowledges Drone Shipments to Russia Before War, Kyiv Claims Tehran Is Lying
Drones during a military exercise in an undisclosed location in Iran in an undated photo. (Iranian Army/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters)
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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 Feb 24 invasion.