Iran's military said on Saturday it had targeted a depot housing Ukrainian anti-drone systems in the United Arab Emirates which it said was used to assist US forces. "As the hideouts of American commanders and soldiers in Dubai were targeted... a depot of Ukrainian anti-drone systems that was located in Dubai to assist the US military ... was targeted and destroyed," Iran's military central operational command Khatam Al-Anbiya said in a statement carried by state TV.
Earlier on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on an unannounced visit to the UAE that the two countries had agreed to cooperate on defence.
Ukraine and Saudi Arabia had signed an air defence agreement during Zelensky's visit to the kingdom, two senior officials told AFP on Friday.
Earlier this month, Zelensky said that 201 Ukrainian anti-drone military experts were in or on their way to the Middle East to help the UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
The announcements came as Iran continued to launch strikes against Israel and US interests in the Gulf since war began on February 28.
Iran accuses its Gulf neighbours of allowing US forces to carry out attacks from their territory, but Gulf states have repeatedly denied the accusations, saying even before the war that they would not allow their territory or airspace to be used to attack Iran.
