Israel started the attacks on Iran and the US joined in. The US diverted 20,000 anti drone missiles from Ukraine to the region instead. Zelensky already remarked that this will lead to more losses. Zelensky is playing in a game that is set to make Ukraine loose even more and it is crucial to understand that Israel is not a friend of Ukraine and will not leave any opportunity for its own benefit, no matter the cost for Ukraine.
“Without the help of the United States, we’ll have more losses,” Zelenskyy said in televised remarks.
More Ukraine-bound military aid may now be diverted to Israel, and the Kremlin “counts on this scenario”, analyst Smagin said.
This possible diversion already alarms Ukraine’s top brass.
Arms that were “made for Ukraine will go to the Middle East, so there are no illusions about it”, Lieutenant General Ihor Romanenko, former deputy head of Ukraine’s general staff of armed forces, told Al Jazeera.
If Tehran rejects Trump’s “ultimate ultimatum” to work out a peace deal, Washington’s attention to Iran and Israel may spell disaster for Kyiv.
“Undoubtedly, the US’s refocusing on the Middle East and Iran is a geopolitical catastrophe for us; there’s nothing to argue about,” Kyiv-based analyst Aleksey Kuschch told Al Jazeera.
Israel started the attacks on Iran and the US joined in. The US diverted 20,000 anti drone missiles from Ukraine to the region instead. Zelensky already remarked that this will lead to more losses. Zelensky is playing in a game that is set to make Ukraine loose even more and it is crucial to understand that Israel is not a friend of Ukraine and will not leave any opportunity for its own benefit, no matter the cost for Ukraine.
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