Iran has once again rejected claims about supplying Russia with ballistic missiles amid reports that the EU will use the accusations as a pretext to impose sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

The Kremlin says Ukraine's anti-missile fire, not Russia, had hit a children's hospital in Kiev on Monday.

Kamal Kharrazi is the head of Iran’s Strategic Council on Foreign Relations. He gave an interview to the British daily Financial Times.

Putin has warned that the West’s “selfishness and arrogance” are pushing the world closer to a dangerous “point of no return.”

Iran’s interim foreign minister warned that the Islamic Republic will “put Zionists in their place” if they undermine regional stability.

President Vladimir Putin is also prepared to fight on if Ukraine and the West do not respond, according to sources.

It remains unknown if the cruise missile carrier has been destroyed, the Ukrainian navy says.