Research on Iranian drones: Russia threatens to "review cooperation" with UN

This was stated by Deputy Russian Ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyansky, speaking after a closed meeting of the UN Security Council regarding Moscow's use of Iranian drones, Russian media reports. 

“Otherwise, we will have to reconsider our cooperation with them, which is hardly in anyone's interests. We do not want to do this, but there will be no other way out,” he said.

Both Iran and Russia argue that Guterres does not have a mandate to send experts to Ukraine to investigate the use of drones.

In a letter sent to Guterres, Iran's Ambassador to the UN, Amir Saeed Iravani, said that the invitation of UN experts to Ukraine "does not have any legal basis" and called on Guterres to "prevent any abuse" of the UN resolution on issues related to the war in Ukraine.

• On October 17, it became known that the administration of the US president will take into account the use of Iranian drones by Russian forces against Ukraine in its decisions regarding the provision of further military assistance.

• The United States has said it has ample evidence of Russia's use of Iranian drones against Ukraine and accuses Tehran of lying about not being involved in supplying Moscow with weapons.

• On October 18, Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs Dmytro Kuleba submitted to the President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a proposal to sever diplomatic relations with Iran.