Russia-Ukraine war live: Russia launches 36 rockets in ‘massive attack’; power outages in central and western Ukraine after shelling – as it happened
Ukrainian president says most missiles fired overnight were shot down; over 1 million people without electricity after attacks on power stations
Iran has strongly condemned a call by France, Germany and Britain for the United Nations to probe accusations that Russia has used Iranian-origin drones to attack Ukraine, its foreign ministry said.
Reuters reports that ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said Friday's call by the so-called E-3 group of countries was false and baseless" and that it was strongly rejected and condemned".
The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in its pursuit to protect its national interest and to secure the rights of the noble Iranian people, reserves the right to respond to any irresponsible action.
It will not hesitate to defend the interests of the Iranian people," he said, without elaborating.
Currently, restrictions on energy supply have been forcibly applied in Kyiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhya and Kirovohrad regions.
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