Ukraine’s parliament approves sanctions against Russia ally Iran

This undated photograph reportedly shows the wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone [File: Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Directorate via AP]

The Ukrainian parliament has approved a sanctions package against Iran, a Russian ally it accuses of sending weapons to Moscow during its more than year-long invasion of Ukraine.

The measures were approved on Monday, a day after Ukraine said Russia used Iranian-made Shahed drones in the largest such attack on the capital, Kyiv, since the beginning of the invasion.