Ukraine diplomat urges strikes on Russian drone

Moscow’s shipment of modernized drones to Iran made Russian drone production sites legitimate military targets, a top Ukrainian diplomat said on Monday, urging Western powers to equip Ukraine with weapons capable of hitting those sites.
Ukraine’s permanent representative to the United Nations, Andriy Melnyk, said Russia’s support of Tehran with modernized versions of its Iranian-designed Shahed drones and other military support, meant it was now Tehran’s main accomplice in the war.
Moscow had used the Shahed drones against Ukraine since early in its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Russia’s shipments of modernized versions of Iran’s Shahed drones, using licenses provided by Tehran, marked an unprecedented escalation that would allow Iran to attack Gulf countries and U.S. forces in the region for a long period, destabilizing the region and threatening the global economy, Melnyk said.