President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Sky News interview that Iran and North Korea 'already attacked Ukraine' by supplying weapons to Russia. The remarks come after Iran expressed fury over a Ukrainian strike on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea and threatened to respond, according to N12 journalist Asaf Rozentzweig.
President Volodymyr Zelensky told Sky News that Iran and North Korea 'already attacked Ukraine' by supplying weapons and drones to Russia, framing the arms transfers as direct acts of war. The interview, reported by N12 journalist Asaf Rozentzweig, comes hours after Iran threatened retaliation over a Ukrainian strike on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea.
As The Zioneer reported earlier this morning, Zelensky stated that Iran provided drones to Russia from the early days of the full-scale invasion, and that this constitutes 'direct involvement.' The remarks follow days of escalating rhetoric: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi accused Zelensky of ordering the ship attack at Israel's behest and warned that the action 'cannot go unanswered,' as The Zioneer reported on July 26.
Zelensky's statement reaffirms Ukraine's position that Iranian and North Korean arms supplies are not separate from the conflict but part of the attack on Ukraine. The ship strike in the Caspian Sea — a rare Ukrainian operation against Iranian assets — has added a new dimension to the tensions between Kyiv and Tehran. No further details on the ship's condition or casualties have been independently verified.
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