Zelensky: There is no data on the sale of missiles from Iran to Russia

Zelensky: There is no data on the sale of missiles from Iran to Russia

Sep 30, 2023 - 08:34
Sep 30, 2023 - 08:35
Zelensky: There is no data on the sale of missiles from Iran to Russia
Zelensky: There is no data on the sale of missiles from Iran to Russia


  The President of Ukraine said: “There is no confirmed data on Iran’s sale of missiles to Russia.” According to AAA news agency, after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Kiev, Vladimir Zelensky emphasized at a joint press conference: “To date, according to our intelligence services, no Iranian missiles have been sold to Russia.” He added: "Our intelligence services are in constant contact with the authorities of allied countries on this matter." In recent months, Europe and the US have consistently claimed that Iran has sent military weapons and drones to Russia, a claim amplified by Western media. The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry condemned Finland's support for the US anti-Russian project. According to the Gosteleradio news agency AAA, Sergei Lavrov, during a joint press conference with his Tunisian counterpart Nabil Ammar in Moscow, said: “I’m surprised how quickly Finland joined the US anti-Russian project, trampling on its reputation and its neutral status.”

Lavrov called the statement of Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen that Russians must “pay the price” for what is happening in Ukraine “absolutely boorish” and noted: “Ms. Valtonen is apparently still an inexperienced diplomat.” "She wants the Russian people to rise up against their own government." Let us recall that Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen said in an interview with The Washington Post on Monday that Western countries cannot change their sanctions policy or abandon it, because, according to her, they “have no other choice.” Russia and Russians must pay the price for the conflict in Ukraine. When asked whether the latest decision of Finland and other European countries to ban the entry of Russian cars into these countries is fair for ordinary Russians, the head of the Finnish Foreign Ministry replied: “Yes, sanctions harm ordinary people.” An official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, warning the United States about the deployment of missile systems in the Baltic, said that the Canadian authorities’ ties with the Nazis would inevitably affect relations between Moscow and Ottawa. According to AAANews news agency, Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that Russia is closely monitoring US military actions in the Baltic.

“Russia is closely monitoring US actions to prepare for the transfer to Europe of systems previously prohibited by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty,” Zakharova said at a briefing. The Russian diplomat further noted that Moscow is monitoring any US steps to implement destabilizing plans in the context of the unilateral moratorium announced by Russia on the deployment of INF. “We are closely monitoring any steps to implement destabilizing plans,” she explained. Accordingly, Zakharova emphasized: “Ottawa’s flirtations with the Nazis and systematic hostile attacks will not remain without consequences. The matter will not be limited to protests, all this will inevitably affect relations between the Russian Federation and Canada.” The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, saying that Moscow’s relations with Ottawa are currently at the most critical level due to the position of the leaders of this country, added:

“We view Canada as an extremely unfriendly state, whose authorities are tainted by complicity with Nazism, betraying their own history.” . Let us remind you that on Friday a Ukrainian Nazi was honored in the Canadian Parliament. In the frame, the Prime Minister of Canada and the President of Ukraine gave him a standing ovation. It should be noted that at the beginning of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the “denazification” of the Ukrainian government one of the goals of the Russian operation.