Russia’s deputy envoy to the United Nations stressed Wednesday that Moscow will re-evaluate its cooperation with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and his staff if Guterres sends experts to Ukraine to inspect Drones Western powers say were made in Iran.
Russia’s deputy ambassador to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyansky, did not elaborate on what cooperation might be affected, according to Archyde.com.
She does not have a mandate
He also added in statements to reporters that the United Nations Secretariat does not have a mandate to send experts to Ukraine to examine the remains of the drones, and it is not a sanctions committee or a team of experts, describing the matter as illegal.
Meanwhile, Polyansky, accompanied by Iran’s permanent representative to the United Nations, reiterated their denial of reports regarding the sale of Iranian rallies to Russia, pointing out that Moscow has its factories in which rallies are made.
He also added that Western accusations of Iran supplying drones to Russia are “new misinformation.”
no information
These statements come following Official Spokesperson of the Russian PresidencyDmitry Peskov announced Tuesday that the Kremlin has no information regarding his country’s purchase of drones from Iran.
Peskov told reporters that the Kremlin did not have information on this issue, and demanded to ask the Defense Ministry.
Dozens of attacks
It is noteworthy that on Monday morning, Russia launched dozens of attacks on Kyiv and the Sumy region in northeastern Ukraine, with explosive-laden drones, or what is known as suicide drones or “kamikaze marches.”
While the Ukrainian authorities accused Tehran of militarily aiding Moscow through those rallies, Washington and the West vowed to hold Tehran accountable and impose more sanctions on it.
reliable evidence
Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath correspondent also reported that the Ukrainian authorities had sent to the United Nations reliable evidence confirming that Tehran provided the Russian forces with marches.
However, Iran denied these accusations, stressing that it did not sell the Kremlin’s Shahed-136 drone.
