Ukrainian forces shot down Iranian Shahed drones for Middle East allies, Zelensky claims

NewsWorldEuropeUkrainian forces shot down Iranian Shahed drones for Middle East allies, Zelensky claimsUkrainian president publicly acknowledges Kyiv’s assistance to US and its allies in the war with IranArpan Rai Friday 10 April 2026 11:08 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2955057","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-iran-shahed-drones-gulf-zelensky-b2955057.html","title":"Ukraine shot down Iranian Shahed drones for Middle East allies, Zelensky claims"}}CloseIran suffered a generational military defeat, says USOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"IND_On_The_Ground_Newsletter","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Europe","regSourceMethod":"NSCs"}}Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces shot down Shahed drones for the US and...