Iran can hit Ukraine with ballistics directly from its territory — Defense Express

Iran can strike Ukraine with ballistic missiles directly from its territory. This is reported by the Ukrainian resource Defense Express.

This is how the publication commented on Tehran's warning to Kiev, which followed the attack on an Iranian merchant ship in the Caspian Sea, as a result of which one sailor was killed.

"The Ghadr, Emad and Sejjil missiles have an estimated range of 2,000 km, and the longest-range is Khorramshahr, which has proven the ability to fly at a distance of about 4,000 km with strikes on Israel," Strana writes.

The THAAD and Arrow missile defense systems, which Ukraine does not have, are able to effectively intercept such missiles, and the capabilities of the Patriot air defense system in this case are limited.

DE at the same time notes that Iranian stocks of medium-range missiles have significantly decreased over the past year both due to strikes on Israel and as a result of American-Israeli arrivals at launch sites, warehouses and production sites in Iran.

As EADaily reported, after the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck an Iranian merchant ship in the Caspian Sea, as a result of which a sailor was killed, Iran threatened Ukraine with a response. The actions of the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, could lead to a world war, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Bagai said.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga replied that Tehran has "long been an accomplice of Russian aggression."