President Volodymyr Zelensky on June 23 highlighted Russia's hypocrisy for describing U.S. strikes on Iran as "grossly violating worldwide regulation" simply hours earlier than launching yet one more lethal mass missile and drone strike on Ukraine.

"After the strikes on Iran's nuclear amenities, there was an uproar from Moscow," Zelensky mentioned.

"The Russian management demonstratively condemned the 'missile and bomb' actions. At this time, Moscow is silent — after its personal military launched a cynical assault utilizing Russian-Iranian 'Shaheds' and missiles on civilian infrastructure in Kyiv and different cities."

Moscow on June 22 condemned the latest U.S. strikes towards Iranian nuclear amenities.

"The irresponsible choice to topic the territory of a sovereign state to missile and bomb strikes, it doesn’t matter what arguments are used, is grossly violating worldwide regulation, the U.N. Constitution, and the resolutions of the U.N. Safety Council," the Russian Overseas Ministry mentioned in a press release.

In a single day on June 23 a devastating Russian missile and drone strike on Kyiv killed at the least 7 folks and injured dozens extra, together with youngsters.

The assault was one of many largest air assaults on the capital this yr, with 368 aerial weapons launched, together with 159 Iranian-made Shahed drones and 16 missiles, in response to Ukraine's Air Pressure.

Air defenses intercepted most, however not all. The assault hit six places instantly, inflicting destruction in 25 separate websites throughout Kyiv and the broader area.

Governor of Kyiv Oblast Tymur Tkachenko reported 6 folks had been killed, with 25 different injured in Kyiv alone, together with 4 youngsters.

In his remarks, Zelensky additionally warned of a rising alliance between Russia, Iran, and North Korea — a "coalition of killers," he mentioned, and urged international locations close to these regimes to think about whether or not they can defend themselves if such a bloc continues to unfold terror.

"Every nation neighboring Russia, Iran, and North Korea ought to ask whether or not their very own defenses are sufficient if this axis of evil preserves and stays unchecked," he mentioned.

Zelensky, talking forward of conferences with British officers throughout his go to to the U.Ok., mentioned he would push for stronger collective air protection and harder sanctions on Russia.

Zelensky's feedback got here only a day after Ukraine's Overseas Ministry referred to as for the dismantling of Iran's nuclear program following U.S. air strikes on Iranian nuclear websites.

"Iran is complicit within the crime of aggression towards Ukraine," the ministry mentioned in a June 22 assertion. "The Iranian regime is offering army help to Russia, together with the provision of UAVs and applied sciences that Russia persistently makes use of to kill folks and destroy essential infrastructure."

The assertion adopted U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of profitable air strikes on three nuclear amenities in Iran, Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan, carried out in coordination with Israel.

Moscow, which condemned the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, has lengthy cooperated with Tehran on nuclear and army issues. Russia provided Iran with its first nuclear energy plant and has relied on Iranian drones all through its invasion of Ukraine.

Russia pulls its scientists out of Iranian nuclear plant, as Israeli strikes threaten decades of collaborationIsrael’s strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have alarmed none more than Russia, the country that first brought nuclear power to Iran in defiance of Western objections. We’re “millimeters from catastrophe,” said Kremlin spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on June 18 in response to a bombing campaign that Israel launched againstThe Kyiv IndependentKollen Post