Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has actually condemned Iran’s projectile and drone strikes versus Israel on Saturday, attracting parallels in between Tehran’s activities and Russia’s techniques in Ukraine.

Iran claimed the battery remained in revenge for the “Zionist regime’s numerous crimes, including the attack on the consular section of Iran’s Embassy in Damascus.”

An assumed Israeli airstrike damaged Iran’s consular office in Damascus, Syria on April 1, eliminating 7 police officers of Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, consisting of 2 high-level generals.

According to Iranian state media, Saturday’s strikes struck a variety of Israeli armed forces centers. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) asserted that its air defenses obstructed almost all of the inbound projectiles.

In a blog post on X (previously Twitter) on Sunday, President Zelensky created that “Ukraine condemns Iran’s attack on Israel.” The Ukrainian president included that his compatriots “know very well the horror of similar attacks by Russia, which uses the same Shahed drones and Russian missiles, the same tactics of mass air strikes.”

Kiev and its Western backers have actually continuously asserted that Iran has actually been offering Russia with its kamikaze UAVs, which Moscow has actually started generating them under certificate. Russia has actually never ever verified these claims.

Iran, nevertheless, did recognize in November 2022 that it had actually provided Moscow with a “small number” of drones a couple of months prior to Russia started its procedure in Ukraine.

In his most recent declaration, Zelensky implicated Iran of posturing a danger to the Middle East, asserting that there is “obvious collaboration” in between Tehran and Moscow.

According to the Ukrainian leader, Iranian strikes on Israel on Saturday need to act as a “wake-up call to the free world,” which requires to provide a “resolute and united response.”

In a very finely veiled recommendation to the political predicament in the United States that has actually seen Republican legislators obstruct President Joe Biden’s international protection help bundle for months currently, Zelensky advised the United States Congress to “make the necessary decisions to strengthen America’s allies at this critical time.”

Meanwhile, Russia’s Foreign Ministry revealed problem over “another dangerous escalation in the region” and advised “all parties involved to exercise restraint.”

Responding to a phone call by Israel’s ambassador in Russia, Simona Halperin, to condemn Tehran’s activities, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova mentioned that Israel has actually never ever when knocked Ukrainian strikes targeting Russian private citizens.

On the contrary, Israeli authorities have actually continuously revealed assistance for Kiev, the mediator kept in mind, recommending that Moscow as a result has no factor to stick up for Israel.