The United States no longer needs Ukraine’s help in protecting against Iranian drones, – Trump

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The United States no longer needs Ukraine’s help in protecting against Iranian drones, – Trump

US President Donald Trump said that he no longer needs Ukraine’s help in protecting against Iranian drones, because the war with Tehran “will soon end.”

The politician said in an interview with Fox News, informs the portal PromPolitInform.

According to him, Ukraine does not help the United States repel retaliatory strikes by drones from Iran.

“The war with Iran will soon end, so we no longer need Ukraine’s help in the fight against drones. US military capabilities are enough to independently withstand air threats,” the American leader said.

The US president added that he would know that the war with Iran is over “when he feels it deep down.”

Strikes on Iran

  • On February 28, Israel launched an operation to bombard the Iranian capital Tehran. This is a joint operation with the US armed forces.
  • Israel called the operation against Iran “Roaring Lion,” and the United States – “Epic Rage.”
  • US President Donald Trump said that the purpose of the operation against Iran is to “destroy the missile industry, the fleet” of Iran and “ensure the impossibility of destabilizing the world” by Iran.
  • Trump accused Iran of “financing and training” militants in Syria, Lebanon, Iraq and Hamas in Palestine.
  • The Israel Defense Forces reported that they used more than 200 fighters to strike 500 targets in Iran.
  • On the evening of February 28, a senior Israeli official told Reuters that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was killed this morning in an Israeli airstrike on Iran. His body has already been found.
  • Subsequently, US President Donald Trump confirmed the death of Ayatollah Khamenei.
  • On March 3, sources of the Iran International television channel stated that the son of the liquidated Ali Khamenei – Mojtaba – was elected the next supreme leader of Iran.
  • Subsequently, it became known that the assembly of experts of Iran has not yet elected a new supreme leader.
  • Later, the Iranian state agency Fars reported that the Council of Experts by a majority of votes supported the appointment of Mojtaba Khamenei as the new Supreme Leader of Iran.

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