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The United States and its allies successful West Asia are seeking Ukraine's expertise successful countering Iran's Shahed drones, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Various countries, including the United States, person approached Ukraine for assistance successful defending against the Iranian drones, Mr. Zelenskyy said precocious Wednesday (March 4, 2026). He said helium has spoken successful caller days with the leaders of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait astir imaginable cooperation.
Russia has fired tens of thousands of Shaheds astatine Ukraine since it invaded its neighbour conscionable implicit 4 years ago. Iran has responded with the aforesaid benignant of drones to associated U.S.-Israeli strikes connected Iranian targets.
Ukrainian assistance successful countering Iranian drones volition beryllium provided lone if it does not weaken Ukraine's ain defences, and if it adds leverage to Kyiv's diplomatic efforts to halt the Russian invasion, according to the Ukrainian leader.
“We assistance to support from warfare those who assistance us, Ukraine, bring a conscionable extremity to the war” with Russia, Mr. Zelenskyy said.
The Iran war, present successful its sixth day, has drawn planetary attraction distant from Europe's biggest struggle since World War II, and forced the postponement of a caller circular of U.S.-brokered talks betwixt Russia and Ukraine planned for this week, Mr. Zelenskyy said.
Western governments and analysts accidental the Russia-Ukraine warfare has killed hundreds of thousands of people, portion determination is nary motion that yearlong U.S.-led bid efforts volition halt the warring immoderate clip soon.
“Right now, due to the fact that of the concern astir Iran, determination are not yet the indispensable signals for a trilateral meeting,” Mr. Zelenskyy said. “But arsenic soon arsenic the information concern and the wide governmental discourse let america to resume that trilateral diplomatic work, it volition beryllium done.”
Oleksandr Merezhko, the caput of Ukraine's parliamentary overseas affairs committee, said Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to resistance retired the negotiations truthful that helium tin property connected with Russia's penetration portion escaping further U.S. sanctions.
He urged the U.S. medication to look astatine the Russia-Ukraine warfare and the warfare successful West Asia arsenic linked.
“In reality, Russia and Iran are adjacent allies that enactment successful performance — Iran supplies weapons and Russia helps Iran make its defence industry. These are interconnected conflicts,” Mr. Merezhko told The Associated Press.
Ukraine's service has precocious pushed backmost Russian forces astatine immoderate points on the astir 1,250-kilometer beforehand line, according to the Institute for the Study of War.
Localised Ukrainian counterattacks liberated much territory than Ukrainian forces mislaid successful the past 2 weeks of February, the Washington-based deliberation vessel said this week, estimating the recovered onshore astatine astir 257 quadrate kilometers since Jan. 1.
