Ukraine minister tells Iranian counterpart: Stop sending weapons

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said he demanded Tehran stop providing Russia with weapons in a phone call with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian. Ukrainian officials and their Western allies have accused Iran of providing so-called "kamikaze" drones to Russia, which have recently been used to devastating effect by Moscow's forces in strikes aimed at Ukrainian infrastructure. Iran has strenuously denied that it has sent any weaponry, including drones, to Russia. "Today, I received a call from Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian," Kuleba wrote in a tweet late on Friday. "I demanded Iran to immediately cease the flow of weapons to Russia used to kill civilians and destroy critical infrastructure in Ukraine," he wrote.