Nearly 400 days into the war, which killed thousands, destroyed Ukrainian cities and forced millions of civilians to flee, Russia continued to occupy parts of the country while pressing on with its offensive in the east.
Earlier, Zelensky’s adviser, Andrey Yermak, also hit out at Iran, which Kiev and its allies accuse of supplying Russia with arms. Tehran denies that it is supplying arms to Russia.
Referring to Iran’s Islamic Republic Day holiday, Yermak wrote on Twitter: “It is very telling that a terrorist state – Iran – begins the presidency of the UN Security Council on a holiday of another terrorist state – Russia.” “