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Zelensky: Iran ‘Chose to Become Putin’s Accomplice’ as Attacks Intensify Across the Middle East
Kyiv Post ^ | Feb. 28, 2026 | Kateryna Zakharchenko

Posted on 02/28/2026 8:46:21 AM PST by MinorityRepublican

As events in the Middle East and the Gulf region unfold “extremely rapidly,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine knows “all too well” what such escalation means, pointing to Iran’s role in supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine.

“Although Ukrainians never threatened Iran, the Iranian regime chose to become Putin’s accomplice,” Zelensky said in a statement on Saturday.

He said Iran supplied Russia not only with Shahed drones but also with technologies to produce them, as well as other weapons.

According to Zelensky, Russia has used more than 57,000 Shahed-type attack drones during the full-scale war, targeting Ukrainian civilians, cities and energy infrastructure.

“Other nations have also suffered from Iranian-backed terror,” he said, adding that it is “fair to give the Iranian people a chance to rid themselves of a terrorist regime and to guarantee security for all nations that have suffered from terror originating in Iran.”

Zelensky said Ukraine’s position remains unchanged and has been stated repeatedly. “It is important to preserve as many lives as possible. It is important to prevent the war from expanding,” he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at kyivpost.com ...


TOPICS: Iran; Ukraine; War on Terror
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1 posted on 02/28/2026 8:46:21 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

PAT ATTENTION TO ME SAYS THE LITTLE DWARF.


2 posted on 02/28/2026 8:48:22 AM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF THE USA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Much of Putin’s missile supply just took a hit, or two or three...


3 posted on 02/28/2026 9:01:01 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: cowboyusa

Yep. Look at me, look at me.


4 posted on 02/28/2026 9:05:09 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: cowboyusa

Little dwarf ! President Putin stronk giant is !!!1


5 posted on 02/28/2026 9:07:51 AM PST by Grzegorz 246
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To: MinorityRepublican

He desperately wants this to be about him.


6 posted on 02/28/2026 9:10:51 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: gibsonguy
Look at me, look at me.

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7 posted on 02/28/2026 9:11:54 AM PST by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: MinorityRepublican

Did he follow it up with ‘you give me money’?


8 posted on 02/28/2026 9:14:16 AM PST by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: MinorityRepublican
Iran has been working to support Russia's Ukraine war effort by supplying weapons, drones and missiles as well as fomenting violence and chaos in the Middle East and Israel to pin the US down and drain resources that could be supplied to Ukraine.

This is over and It will impact Russia's military capability in Ukraine to an unknown and unpredictable extent

9 posted on 02/28/2026 9:18:24 AM PST by rdcbn1 (..when poets buy guns, tourist season is over................Walter R. Mead)
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To: MinorityRepublican

So, this little pervert of a thug says Iran is an ally of Russia ‘cause they build war material? Does that mean that every 3rd party manufacturer of anything is complicit?
Jeesh. Only NPC’s fall for this crappola.


10 posted on 02/28/2026 9:32:51 AM PST by bobbo666
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To: cowboyusa

RUSSIA JUST LOST THE WAR

* And what’s Putin gonna do now?

Support his buddy Iran, and instantly become Pres. Trump’s enemy in the process? lol

Expect a short “war”, then Russia has its drone supplies cut off.


11 posted on 02/28/2026 9:36:38 AM PST by canuck_conservative (Russia lies all the time)
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To: MinorityRepublican

No more Iranian drones for Russia, a serious blow to their war effort.


12 posted on 02/28/2026 10:15:50 AM PST by Midwesterner53
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To: MinorityRepublican

Iran has been supplying (Selling) Shaheed Drones, really low-tech, slow cruise missiles to Russia for some time. I wonder if that has anything to do with this attack?


13 posted on 02/28/2026 10:57:53 AM PST by Fai Mao
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To: bobbo666
says Iran is an ally of Russia ‘cause they build war material? Does that mean that every 3rd party manufacturer of anything is complicit?

No, Iran and Russia are allies because they signed treaties stating that fact.

The Iran-Russia Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, signed by Presidents Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian on January 17, 2025, in Moscow and entering into force on October 2, 2025, solidifies a 20-year alliance deepening military, economic, and energy cooperation. The 47-article agreement aims to counter Western sanctions, foster regional stability, and enhance defense ties, including joint exercises.


14 posted on 02/28/2026 12:19:52 PM PST by tlozo (“We get a lot of bullshit thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth,” Trump)
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To: canuck_conservative

Don’t care.


15 posted on 02/28/2026 2:23:36 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF THE USA!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Who cares what this grifting finook has to say? Typical psychopath/malignant narcissist - always has to be the center of attention. Love how Trump gave him no $love$ at the SOTU address. The finook must have been livid when he realized he wasn’t getting any more mah-ney from us.


16 posted on 02/28/2026 2:43:46 PM PST by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: MinorityRepublican
"According to Zelensky, Russia has used more than 57,000 Shahed-type attack drones during the full-scale war, targeting Ukrainian civilians, cities and energy infrastructure."

Yet, the little, lying grifting dictator does not mention, that the Ukies' primarily source its drone components from CHINA !!

17 posted on 02/28/2026 2:58:36 PM PST by ANKE69
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To: MinorityRepublican

And you little turd, became the accomplice of the globalists.


18 posted on 02/28/2026 3:39:41 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: ANKE69

“the Ukies’ primarily source its drone components from CHINA !! ”

Almost everybody relies on some drone parts from China. Primarily neodymium magnets. We use them too.


19 posted on 02/28/2026 6:01:29 PM PST by XRdsRev (Justice for Bernell Trammell, black Trump supporter, executed in the street in broad daylight 2020.a)
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