Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv has evidence that Russia provides satellite images from the Middle East and US military bases in the region to Tehran to guide attacks by the Islamic Republic.

Reza Goharzad, a journalist and political analyst, said Putin is trying to shift the main focus of the world from the war in Ukraine to the crisis in the Middle East. According to him, by raising the issue of Russian intelligence assistance to the Islamic Republic and publishing information that Ukraine’s intelligence and security services have obtained, Zelensky wants to show the world that these two wars are not separate from each other and that the war in Ukraine should be addressed as soon as possible as well.