Related: Russia summons UK ambassador over Black Sea Fleet drone strike
Iran has confirmed for the first time that it has supplied Russia with drones.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian admitted on Saturday the country had provided Putin with the equipment, despite previous denials.
“We gave a limited number of drones to Russia months before the Ukraine war,” Amirabdollahian told reporters after a meeting in Tehran. He added that Iran ‘remained committed to stopping the conflict’.
It comes as the US Department of Defense announced it is sending Ukraine $400m more in military aid as the war with Russia continues to rage.
“With Russia’s unrelenting and brutal air attacks on Ukrainian civilian critical infrastructure, additional air defence capabilities are critical,” the Pentagon said in a statement.
And Russia has claimed it will publish ‘proof’ that British specialist troops were involved in a drone attack last weekend on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. The UK government previously dismissed as ‘false claims of an epic scale’.
A UK government spokesperson said the Russian allegations were an attempt to “distract attention” from Moscow’s illegal invasion.
