President Zelenskyy has said Iran used the same “tools of terror” against Israel as Russia uses in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military has said it’s strengthening brigades in the city of Chasiv Yar. DW has more.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned Iran’s large-scale strikes on Israel on Sunday, comparing them to the Russian strikes that have been targeting Ukraine over the past two years.

“We in Ukraine know very well the horror of similar attacks by Russia, which uses the same Shahed drones and Russian missiles, the same tactics of mass airstrikes,” Zelenskyy wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Russia has been using Iranian-produced Shahed kamikaze drones since shortly after the invasion began in early 2022. Iran fired over 300 missiles and drones toward Israel on Saturday night, the vast majority of which were reportedly shot down.

Zelenskyy said the “obvious collaboration” between Moscow and Tehran “in spreading terror must face a resolute and united response from the world.”

“This sound [of drones] must serve as a wake-up call to the free world, demonstrating that only our unity and resoluteness can save lives and prevent the spread of terror worldwide,” he added, before once again calling on the US Congress to agree to a key aid package for Ukraine that has been held up for months by Republicans.

Source: Dw