 Iran continues to supply drones to Russia. Russia appears to be receiving regular deliveries of Iranian-made Shahed drones, Britain's Defence Ministry said. A British defence statement posted on Twitter said that Russia, after pausing attacks with the drones for two weeks in late February, has likely launched at least 71 of the drones that it uses to crash into targets in Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have repeatedly said such attacks target civilian infrastructure. Britain's Defence Ministry said Russia is likely launching the drones from Krasnodar Krai and Bryansk Oblast and that this allows Russia flexibility to target a broad sector of Ukraine and decreases flying time to targets in the north of Ukraine. In his recent Nauru's speech in Mashhad, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khomeini denied sending drones to Russia to attack Ukraine. We decisively reject being present in the Ukraine war, he said. Iran has supplied hundreds of Shahed and other drones to Russia since mid-2022 and although Ukraine is capable of shooting down most of the slow-moving UAVs, Russia relies on the Iranian weapon to swarm Ukraine's air defences. The United States and its European allies have imposed a series of sanctions on Iranian individuals and companies involved with the drone program and shipments of the weapon to Russia. They have also warned Tehran that one of the conditions to restart nuclear talks is ending its weapons supplies to Russia.