Ukraine responds to Iran over drone attack
Kiev quoted a “Persian proverb” while claiming it didn't know who was behind the Isfahan blasts
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Monday accused Tehran of “supporting aggression” and implied the reported explosions at a military industrial facility in Isfahan were legitimate punishment, while professing ignorance of who might have been behind them.
“Ukraine has repeatedly warned Iran: the consequences of supporting aggression against Ukraine will be much larger than the benefits of cooperation with Russia,” ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko wrote on Facebook , in Ukrainian.
“We do not know the cause of the blasts at Iranian facilities. But as a Persian proverb says, do not do evil to others, and you won't injure yourself,” Nikolenko added.
His comment follows the news that the Iranian government had summoned the Ukrainian charge d'affaires in Tehran to explain a tweet by President Vladimir Zelensky's aide Mikhail Podoliak.
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