For the first time, Iran acknowledges it sent drones to Russia

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Iran has acknowledged for the first time that it has provided military drones to Russia, but says only a few were delivered months before the invasion of Ukraine.

Speaking to Iran's state-run media, Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian downplayed the number of drones that were provided to Russia. He also denied that Iran continues to supply the weapons. "We gave a limited number of drones to Russia months before the Ukraine war," he said.

However, Ukrainian officials say the drones have become a key part of Moscow's arsenal. In his nightly address on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused the Iranians of "lying" in their admission, claiming that it does not reveal the full extent of Iran's involvement.

"We shoot down at least ten Iranian drones every day, yet the Iranian regime claims that it supplied Russia with only a small number of them, and those before the start of the full-scale invasion" he said. "Only during one day yesterday, 11 Shahed drones were destroyed."