Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a defense cooperation agreement with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto leader of the country, during a visit to Jeddah on Friday, emphasizing that Iran has aided Russia’s invasion of his country for years.
As a result, Zelensky argued, Ukrainian military experts are familiar with the workings of Iranian technology, such as the country’s “Shahed” suicide drones, which Ukraine has identified as weapons used by Russia to bomb its cities. Zelensky has spent much of the past month encouraging the United States, Europe, and the Middle East to take advantage of their alliances with Ukraine to use its experts in the ongoing conflict against Iran, which began in late February when President Donald Trump announced that a military operation had killed “supreme leader” Ali Khamenei.
Iran’s primary response to the American operation, dubbed “Epic Fury,” has been to bomb neighboring
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