President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, during a conversation with journalists, said that Ukrainian specialists in the Middle East provide only expert assistance and do not participate in the conflict on the side of one of the parties, an Ukrinform correspondent reports..

" Each team has dozens of people, it's not like three or four people just go somewhere to show something. Our teams are serious - the three groups that took off have the opportunity to conduct an examination and demonstrate how everything should work,” Zelensky emphasized.

The Ukrainian leader noted that this does not apply to participation in military operations and that Ukraine is not at war with Iran. Zelensky said that we are talking about protection and full expert assessment on our part regarding how to counter the Shahed drones..

The President of Ukraine expressed hope that this would be the first step in cooperation with the countries of the Middle East, and added that more serious and long-term agreements would provide for a “Drone Deal” with these states.

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Let us recall that Ukraine has already sent a group of drone specialists and interceptor drones to Jordan to protect American military bases. As the president noted, the United States asked for help on Thursday, March 5, and the Ukrainian team went there the very next day.

Zelensky also reported that several countries in the Middle East have already asked Ukraine for help..

Against this background, one of the Iranian politicians said that Ukraine could allegedly become a “legitimate target” for Iran due to its participation in the fight against Iranian drones.

Later, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine responded to Iran's threats. Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgy Tikhy called Tehran’s actions absurd and recalled that this regime has been promoting the murder of Ukrainians for years by transferring drones and technology to Russia. He also stressed that Iran must be held accountable for all its crimes against its own people and other countries..