Ukraine Crisis

For the second night in a row, Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and other regions with multiple waves of Iranian-made Shahed kamikaze drone attacks.

Iran did not include mobile launchers with the close-range ballistic missiles that Washington last week accused Tehran of delivering to Russia for use against Ukraine, Reuters reported on Saturday citing three sources with knowledge of the matter.

The G7 foreign ministers and the EU High Representative have condemned Iran's export of ballistic missiles to Russia, calling it an escalation in Tehran’s support for Moscow's war against Ukraine.

Ukraine's foreign ministry announced on Friday that since September 2022, Russia has launched 8,060 Iranian-made Shahed 136 suicide drones at Ukraine, as news of Iran’s missile deliveries to Russia dominated headlines this week.

Iranian short-range missiles newly delivered to Russia will enable it to hit frontline Ukrainian targets with better precision and free up existing weaponry for attacks farther into the country, Britain’s Defense Ministry said Friday.

Russian president Vladimir Putin and senior defence official Sergei Shoigu received Iran’s national security council chief Ali Akbar Ahmadian in St. Petersburg on Thursday in a sign of deepening ties between the heavily sanctioned powers.

Iran, North Korea and Russia are part of an entente increasingly coordinating in Moscow's war in Ukraine, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Wednesday, a day after new Western sanctions were imposed on the Islamic Republic over alleged missile transfers to Russia.

The US and its allies - France, Germany, and Britain - said Tuesday they were targeting Iran’s flagship airline, Iran Air, in the West’s latest round of sanctions, following Tuesday’s confirmation that Tehran has supplied Russia with short-range ballistic missiles.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who will jointly visit Kyiv this week, said on Tuesday they are united on the need to tackle Iran's influence in the Middle East and Ukraine.

Ukraine's foreign ministry summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires Monday to warn Tehran against the consequences of ballistic missile shipments to Russia.

A former Iranian MP and commentator Heshmatollah Falhatpisheh has called Iran's latest arms sales to Russia "the dirtiest example of Russophilia" as Iran gets ever closer to its allies in Moscow.

Iran is set to deliver ballistic missiles to Russia "imminently", Bloomberg reported on Monday, amid warnings by Ukraine's allies that the shipment will have serious consequences for the Islamic Republic.

Andriy Kostin, Ukraine's Prosecutor General, announced that a case has been opened against an IRGC brigadier general, Abbas Mousavi Sharifi Mollasaraei, on suspicion of aiding Russia in war and war crimes against Ukrainian.

Russia has carried out another round of large-scale attacks on Ukraine, using Iranian-supplied drones and possibly North Korean missiles to strike important infrastructure and cities across the country.

Iran’s UN representative has denied a Reuter’s report on Friday which said that Iran is planning to supply hundreds of missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine.

A Polish state-owned company sold parts which were used in Iranian combat drones, private broadcaster Radio Zet reported on Thursday without naming sources, adding that prosecutors had been investigating the issue since 2022.

Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member states on Wednesday warned Iran against sending ballistic missiles to Russia, calling it a significant "escalation" in Tehran's support for the Russian aggression against Ukraine.

The Group of Seven leaders warned Iran Friday not to give Russia ballistic missiles, only a day after the two countries’ much-publicized strategic agreement was confirmed to have been halted due to “issues” on the Iranian part.