“We see that the Russians are now trying to manipulate the situation in the Middle East and the Gulf region in favor of their aggression,” Zelensky added, “and also to effectively turn the Iranian regime’s strikes against its neighbors and American bases into a second front of Russia’s war against Ukraine and, more broadly, against the entire West.” Victoria Samson, chief director of space security at the globally influential defense think tank Secure World Foundation, in Washington, D.C., says she agrees with President Zelensky’s assessment that the Iran War is in some ways becoming a new front in the wider Russian-Iranian war with the West, a conflict that started with Russia’s blitzkrieg on Ukraine, and its provocative flights by drones and jet fighters into the airspace of NATO nations. “Until Sunday’s attack on the site,” The Jerusalem Post recounted, “Israeli officials were concerned that … the latest space cooperation between Moscow and Tehran would increase Iran’s capabilities to launch ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles), as well as improve its monitoring of targets in the Jewish state and throughout the region in the short term.”
Author: Kevin Holden Platt, Contributor, Kevin Holden Platt, Contributor https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinholdenplatt/
Published at: 2026-03-31 22:47:43
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