(AP-Washington Post) Edith M. Lederer - Ukraine accused Iran of violating a UN Security Council ban on the transfer of drones capable of flying 300 km. and invited UN experts to inspect Iranian-origin drones used by Russia against civilian targets. Britain, France and the U.S. requested a closed meeting of the UN Security Council on Wednesday to discuss Iran's sale of hundreds of drones to Russia. France's UN Ambassador Nicolas De Riviere said, "there is no one in the world that believes any more [Kremlin spokesman Dmitry] Peskov's statements" that the drones were "Russian equipment." De Riviere said Peskov "has been lying from the very beginning" when he said on Feb. 23 - the day before Russia's invasion - that Russia will never invade Ukraine. "And now he will tell us that Russia never bought Iranian drones. So, I think (his) credibility is zero."
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