Corroborating the Ukrainian president’s claim, a Western defence source told The Telegraph that there had been a notable improvement in Iran’s precision strikes and target selection since a ceasefire with the US broke down earlier this month.
The source compared it to the initial Western reluctance to support Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s invasion.
“Ukraine managed to hold out and did well, and then our arms supplies, intelligence support broadened and deepened significantly after the first week,” they said.
By reinforcing the alliance between Russia and Iran, Mr Zelensky hopes that it will create more wriggle room among Mr Trump’s Maga supporters for him to aid Ukraine.
One of the American Maga movement’s cheerleaders, Laura Loomer, travelled to Kyiv and interviewed the Ukrainian president this week. While on the trip, the independent journalist accused Russia of funding Iran and providing it with explosives used against US servicemen.
Last week, the Pentagon released the names of three troops believed to have been killed in an Iranian strike in Jordan. A fourth also died during a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone in northern Iraq.
It took the number of Americans killed since the Iran war broke out to 18.