00:00Ukrainian military personnel shot down Iranian-designed Shahid drones in multiple Middle Eastern countries during the Iran war, President Volodymyr
00:09Zelenskyy has said.
00:10Zelenskyy made his first public acknowledgment of the operations on Wednesday in remarks to reporters that were embargoed until Friday.
00:18The Ukrainian leader described the operations as part of a broader effort to help partners counter the same weapons used
00:26by Russia in Ukraine, but did not identify the countries.
00:31Zelenskyy had previously said that 228 Ukrainian experts were deployed in the Middle East.
00:37The disclosure comes amid concerns that the conflict in the Middle East could divert Western military support from Ukraine, particularly
00:45air defense supplies.
00:46But Zelenskyy said that partners were continuing to supply missiles for Patriot Systems, adding that a new batch had arrived
00:55in recent days.
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