Ukraine to reduce Iran embassy presence over Russia drone attacks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the accreditation of the Iranian ambassador will be revoked and Iranian diplomatic staff in Kyiv reduced as a result of Russian forces using Iranian drones to attack Ukraine. Ukrainian forces had shot down a total of eight Iranian-made drones in the conflict so far, Zelenskyy said in a late-night video address on Friday. "Today the Russian army used Iranian drones for its attacks on Dnipropetrovsk region and Odesa. I instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to strongly react to this fact," Zelenskyy said in his address. "Six of these Iranian drones were downed by our air defences of the East and South commands. One more was brought to ground by air defences of the Navy…. And just now I am being told about the downing by air defences of the South command of another strike Iranian drone," he said.