Zelensky accuses Iran of prolonging the war in Ukraine by supplying weapons to Russia

MADRID, 7 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, has accused Iran this Sunday of prolonging the war in Ukraine by supplying Russia with weapons, assuring that if it were not for that "aid", it would be closer to peace.

"If it weren't for the Iranian supply of weapons to the aggressor, we would now be closer to peace. And this means closer to a complete solution to the food crisis. Closer to resolving the high price of life crisis," he said. asserted the Ukrainian president in his daily speech.

Zelensky's remarks come after Iran admitted on Saturday that it had handed over drones to Russia, although he clarified that it was before the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

For this reason, the Ukrainian president has appealed to the entire international community to punish Iranian "complicity" with "Russian terror".

"The whole world will know that the Iranian regime is helping Russia to prolong this war and thus to prolong the effect of those threats to the world, which were caused precisely by the Russian war," Zelensky said.

In this regard, he stressed that the energy market "is closer to stabilization" and "closer to security against blackmail, which Russia is not abandoning", so "all those who help Russia" to prolong conflict should be held accountable for its consequences.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdolahian admitted on Saturday that his country had delivered a "limited" number of drones to Russia but said the shipments were sent before the outbreak of the Ukraine war.

"We have limited ourselves to providing Russia with a limited number of drones, months before the war in Ukraine," the Iranian minister explained after weeks of accusations by the United States and its allies about Russia's use of drones. Iranians with explosive charges during the conflict.