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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger and Peter Beaumont in Kyiv, and Dan Sabbagh

Iran has not sent ballistic missiles to Russia so far, says Ukrainian official

Remains of MLRS and artillery shells, cruise and ballistic missiles
Remains of multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) and artillery shells, cruise and ballistic missiles used by Russian troops collected by Ukrainian sappers in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Picture taken on 29 November. Photograph: Reuters

Iran has so far not delivered ballistic missiles to Russia and may not do so, as a result of diplomatic pressure and Iran’s own internal political turmoil, a senior Ukrainian presidential adviser has said.

Mykhailo Podolyak also told the Guardian that Russian forces had run short of their first batch of Iranian drones – and only had enough of their own cruise missiles in their stockpile for “two or three” more mass strikes against Ukraine.

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