Ukrainian FM Says He Warned Iranian Counterpart Against Escalation, Support for Russia

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha attends a press conference with Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 1, 2025. (Reuters)
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha attends a press conference with Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 1, 2025. (Reuters)
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Ukrainian FM Says He Warned Iranian Counterpart Against Escalation, Support for Russia

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha attends a press conference with Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 1, 2025. (Reuters)
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha attends a press conference with Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine April 1, 2025. (Reuters)

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday he called his Iranian counterpart following Iran's denunciation of a Ukrainian drone attack on one ‌of its ships, ‌warned him ‌against ⁠escalation and told ⁠him to end all support for Russia.

"I emphasized the necessity to refrain from ⁠any escalatory steps, as ‌well ‌as to end ‌any support for ‌Russia’s war against Ukraine. This war is illegal and it ‌must end," Sybiha wrote on X.

Israeli Foreign ⁠Minister ⁠Gideon Saar, also writing on X, said he spoke to Sybiha and "discussed the challenges facing our nations, including the threat posed by Iran."