US House Speaker Pelosi says Iran making 'big mistake' supplying Russia with drones

'It is a dangerous technology and it must be stopped,' Ms Pelosi says

Firefighters in action after a drone fired on buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine. AP

A drone approaches for an attack in the Ukraine capital. AFP

A police officer fires at a drone flying overhead. AFP

Smoke rises from a building after a drone attack. AFP

A Ukrainian serviceman takes cover as an air-raid siren sounds. Reuters

Debris near the site of a drone attack. AFP

Police stand guard as smoke rises from buildings. Reuters

A drone in the sky seconds before it fired on buildings. AP

Plumes of smoke rise after a Russian drone strike. Reuters

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday that Iran was making the world less safe by supplying Russia with drones to be used against targets in Ukraine.

“I think Iran is making a big mistake,” Ms Pelosi said after meeting Croatia's Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic.

“First of all, we have to be able to counter the drones … it is a dangerous technology and it must be stopped.”

Ms Pelosi arrived in Zagreb on Monday to attend a forum aimed at supporting Ukraine's independence and the return of the Crimean peninsula to Kyiv.

“We've been trying for a while now to have a nuclear agreement with Iran so that we can make the world a safer place and now they're going off aiding the Russians and making the world a less safe place,” Ms Pelosi said.

Iran has denied supplying drones to Russia for use in Ukraine.

Ms Pelosi, who visited the war-torn country earlier this year, has been a strong supporter of providing aid and military assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded on February 24 in what it has called a “special military operation”.

The Crimea Platform conference, which is being held in Zagreb, will hear from Ukrainian government officials and outside experts focusing on reintegration after Moscow's annexation of the Eastern European peninsula from Ukraine in 2014.