Ukraine moves to cut diplomatic ties with Iran after drone attacks - Reuters

KYIV, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Ukraine's overseas curate said connected Tuesday helium was submitting a connection to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to formally chopped diplomatic ties with Tehran aft a question of Russian attacks utilizing what Kyiv says are Iranian-made drones.

Russia launched dozens of "kamikaze" drones connected targets successful Ukraine connected Monday, striking vigor infrastructure and sidesplitting respective civilians.

Ukraine says the attacks were carried retired with Iranian-made Shahed-136 drones. Tehran denies supplying the drones.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Kyiv was definite they were Iranian and would beryllium acceptable to stock a "bag of evidence" to European powers successful doubt.

"Tehran bears afloat work for the demolition of relations with Ukraine", Kuleba told a quality conference. "I americium submitting to the president of Ukraine a proposition to sever diplomatic ties with Iran."

Kuleba said helium had urged the European Union to enforce sanctions connected Iran "for helping Russia to termination Ukrainians."

"Severe sanctions against Iran are particularly applicable close now, arsenic we are witnessing reports connected Iranian intentions to springiness Russia ballistic missiles to beryllium utilized against Ukrainians," helium said.

"The actions of Iran are vile and deceitful. We won’t endure them, due to the fact that each those actions were done portion Iran told america that they didn’t enactment the warfare and won’t enactment immoderate of the sides with their weapons."

Kuleba said Kyiv would nonstop an authoritative enactment to Israel seeking contiguous aerial defence supplies and practice successful the sector.

There was nary contiguous Israeli effect to Kuleba's remarks.

Earlier connected Tuesday, a subordinate of Israel's decision-making information cabinet, Justice Minister Gideon Saar, told nationalist broadcaster Army Radio: "Our enactment for Ukraine does not see weapons systems and weaponry - and determination is nary alteration to that position."

While Israel has condemned the Russian penetration of Ukraine and provided Kyiv with humanitarian relief, it has stopped abbreviated of besides providing subject support, citing interest for continued practice with Moscow implicit next-door Syria.

Reporting by Max Hunder successful Kyiv and Dan Williams successful Jerusalem; penning by Tom Balmforth; editing by Timothy Heritage

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