Ukrainian FM speaks to both his Iranian and Israeli counterparts

By Reuters 28 July 2026, 8:32 pm

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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha speaks at the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting at the White Oaks Resort in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada, November 12, 2025. (Mandel Ngan/ Pool via AP)

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha says he called his Iranian counterpart following Iran’s denunciation of a Ukrainian drone attack on one of its ships, warned him against escalation and told him to end all support for Russia.

“I emphasized the necessity to refrain from any escalatory steps, as well as to end any support for Russia’s war against Ukraine. This war is illegal and it must end,” Sybiha writes on X.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, also writing on X, says he too spoke to Sybiha and “discussed the challenges facing our nations, including the threat posed by Iran.”