Ukrainians prepare for hours-long power outages; US, UK and France say Iranian-supplied drones used to strike civilians
At a glance: what we know on day 239 of the invasion
Russia has been targeting Ukraine with Iranian-made Shahed-136 “kamikaze drones”, rebranded as Geran-2, Ukraine and its allies allege.
Moscow has acquired up to 2,400 of the drones, according to Ukraine, and is using them as cheaper substitutes to hit the energy targets and strike fear into civilians.
Although Iran continues to lie, the world is aware that Russia uses Iranian drones to attack Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure.”
We expressed our grave concerns about Russia’s acquisition of these UAVs from Iran.
We now have abundant evidence that these UAVs are being used to strike Ukrainian civilians and critical civilian infrastructure.
