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At a contentious closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday night, the US, UK and France accused Iran of promoting drones to Russia in violation of a UN Security Council ban that opposes the movement of drones. Russia used drones in a series of devastating attacks on Ukrainian cities last week. Both Russia and Iran have told reporters that the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, have not been sold to Russia through Iran and have not been used in conflicts. Nate Evans, spokesman and director of communications for the US project at the UN, called for an “expert briefing” from the Security Council “on recent evidence that Russia illegally acquired Iranian drones for use in its war against Ukraine. ” Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s ambassador to the UN, wrote a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday asking UN experts to go to Ukraine to inspect recovered drones that have been used to attack Ukrainian cities. The attacks caused the cut of approximately 30% of Ukrainian electricity. In his letter, Kyslytsya noted that the drones used in the attacks meet the needs of UN Security Council Resolution 2231, followed in 2015, which prohibits the movement of drones capable of flying more than three hundred kilometers.
“The United States began warning in July that Iran was making plans to move drones into Russia for use in Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine, and we now have sufficient evidence that those drones are being used to target Ukrainian civilians and critical civilian infrastructure. ”. the State Department said. spokesman Ned Price said after the meeting. Russia’s deputy ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, says the 15-nation Security Council does not have the strength to send inspectors, a factor that will be discussed at an open council meeting Friday on Ukraine’s security. Amir Saeid Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the UN, denied that Iran had flown drones to Russia for use in the war. James Kariuki, the UK’s deputy ambassador to the UN, tweeted on Wednesday that “Iran has a legal responsibility not to export these weapons. ” On Wednesday, Russian-introduced suicide drones attacked power plants, forcing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to call an emergency assembly to prevent what he called a “failure of the [Ukrainian] force system. ” About a week ago, Russia introduced a series of attacks using Iranian-made suicide drones packed with explosives. Since launching the first suicide drone last month, Ukraine claims to have shot down 223. US officials estimate Ukraine has a good fortune rate of around 50%, which would mean Russia has introduced only about 450 drones. — David Martin contributed to this report.
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