Iranian Foreign Ministry Summons Ukrainian Chargé d'Affaires over Comments in Kyiv on Attacks on Military Facilities
Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Tehran because of the statement of the adviser to the head of the Ukrainian office of the President in connection with the attacks drones to Iranian military installations.
Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the head of the Ukrainian state, wrote on his official social media account that the attack on military facilities in Iran could be related to the armed conflict in Ukraine and the possible supply of weapons by Tehran.
Earlier, Podolyak also made calls to attack Iranian drone manufacturing facilities to thwart Tehran's alleged increase in Russian supplies. drones and missiles, which, according to the Ukrainian official, is a gross violation of anti-Russian sanctions.
Chargé d'Affaires of Ukraine in Iran was handed a note of protest and called on the Ukrainian authorities to abandon militaristic rhetoric.
On the night of Sunday, January 29, an attack by strike drones was carried out on an enterprise for the production of military products located in the city of Isfahan. One of the drones that attacked the military facility was reportedly shot down by air defenses, while the rest exploded in a protective grid installed on the roof of the enterprise, causing little or no damage.
The American edition of The Wall Street Journal reported that Israel was behind the attack on Iranian military facilities. UAE-based Arab television channel Al-Arabiya claimed involvement in the attack by US military forces. The Pentagon denied their involvement.
At the same time, the largest stories joint US-Israeli military exercises involving more than 7,5 thousand troops. In the course of these exercises, possible options for delivering strikes on the territory of third countries were also worked out.
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