Iran handed over a new batch of drones to Russia: Zelensky announced their number

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, announced that Iran had handed over a new batch of drones to Russia. In total, the terrorists received 250 Shahed-136.

The Ukrainian leader said this during his speech at the meeting of the leaders of the United Kingdom's Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF). 

Zelensky reported that on the night of December 19th, Russia launched 34 Iranian drones over Ukraine.

"These are Shaheds from the new batch that Russia received from Iran. 250 pieces - that's how many Shaheds have now been received by the terrorist state. Russian missiles and Iranian drones are constantly used to strike primarily at our energy sector - and you know all the details about it ", the president explained.

Zelensky emphasized that due to the Russian attack on December 16th, 20 million Ukrainians were left without electricity.

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