Iranian ship struck by Ukraine contained drone, missile components, Kyiv's Israel envoy reveals

Jerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine had conducted "long‑range strikes in the Caspian Sea - including vessels used in military cargo shipments involving Iran."Follow us on GoogleNavy ships of Iran and Azerbaijan move during an exercise between Iran and Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea, Iran, in this picture obtained on November 4, 2024(photo credit: IRANIAN ARMY/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY)/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFJULY 26, 2026 14:14Updated: JULY 26, 2026 14:55The ship Ukraine struck in the Caspian Sea on Saturday contained components for drones and missiles on their way to Iran, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk said in an interview with N12 on Sunday. Iran claimed the ship was carrying civilian goods when it was attacked by Ukraine and accused Ukraine of seeking to expand the Russia-Ukraine war.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the attack on Saturday in a post to X/Twitter, saying that Ukraine had conducted "long‑range strikes in the Caspian Sea - including vessels used in military cargo shipments involving Iran."Kornychuk stated that this was not the first time Ukraine had hit such military targets and that the expectation is it will happen again, adding that Ukraine views such shipments as legitimate military targets.Israel and Ukraine are fighting the same enemy, Kornychuk said, different sides of the same evil axis.Ukraine's ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk speaks during a confrence of Democrat TV in Jaffa, June 7, 2022. (credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90)Trump says Russia not supplying weapons to IranThis comes on the heels of a recent statement from US President Donald Trump on Truth Social on Friday, in which he claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin assured him that Russia was not selling weapons to Iran. "If they did, it would be very bad for them - certainly not in their best interests," Trump emphasized in the post.Follow us on Google