The European Union is ramping up its pace against Iran for allegedly supplying drones to Russia. The spokeswoman for EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said in Brussels on Wednesday that the EU now has “sufficient evidence” that the drones Russia is using against Ukraine came from Iran. The EU will therefore give a “clear, fast and hard answer”. Twelve EU countries would soon agree on a new package of sanctions.
According to diplomats, the ambassadors of the EU countries are preparing further sanctions against Iran. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged his EU colleagues in a video link on Monday. Only on Monday did the EU impose sanctions on Iran’s “moral police” and other responsible parties. The reason was the authorities’ crackdown on protesters after the death of a 22-year-old woman. She would have worn the headscarf incorrectly.
Entry bans and financial sanctions planned
According to information from the German news magazine “Spiegel”, twelve EU countries have hastily agreed on a new package of sanctions. Wednesday afternoon there should be consultations with the EU ambassadors. According to information from the “Mirror”, a total of eight Iranian people and institutions responsible for the construction or delivery of so-called kamikaze drones must be sanctioned. The measures are likely to be entry bans to the Schengen area and financial sanctions. The details of this are the subject of the EU ambassadors’ meeting in Brussels in the afternoon.
Iranian Kamikaze Drones Destroy Energy Infrastructure
According to Ukrainian sources, the Russian military is also using Iranian drones in its attacks in the neighboring country. Kamikaze drones, in particular, have recently been increasingly used in Russian attacks on cities and on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. Foreign Minister Kuleba announced on Tuesday that he has therefore proposed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to sever diplomatic relations with Iran. Russia and Iran deny that Iranian drones are used in Ukraine.
Ukraine says it has shot down more than 200 Iranian drones over the country since mid-September. Since the “first launch of an Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drone loaded with explosives over Ukrainian territory on Sept. 13 in Kuyansk,” the air defense system has “destroyed 223 drones of this type,” the Ukrainian military said on Wednesday in Messenger. service Telegram Met.
In his daily TV speech on Tuesday evening, Zelenskyy thanked all the air defense personnel who have shot down missiles and drones. He also praised the IRIS-T air defense system from Germany: “It really is a very effective system.” He called the use of weapons from Iran a bankruptcy declaration of the Kremlin. Russia has poured billions of dollars into its military-industrial complex for decades, but now relies on “pretty basic drones and missiles” from Tehran, Zelensky said.
Meanwhile, NATO promised Ukraine anti-drone devices, so-called jammers. At a security conference in Berlin on Tuesday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also recalled other anti-aircraft weapons from many countries to Ukraine. “I think the systems we provide make a big difference,” he said. “The Ukrainians can shoot down many incoming missiles and drones.” And Ukraine’s equipment will continue to improve in the future.
Source: Krone
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