Excerpt from a powerful speech by Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN Andrii Melnyk: What we have seen in the last weeks is that it is Moscow that has been providing substantial military support to the Tehran regime. It is Russia that is not just the principal ally of... Iran, but the main accomplice and co-perpetrator of unlawful attacks against civilian infrastructure of the Gulf states. Russia has long portrayed itself as a "big friend" of the Global South opposing the "vicious" West. But this narrative collapses under the weight of the real actions of Moscow helping Iran to ruin oil and gas production facilities in the region. Russia does not care about the Global South. It has actually betrayed it. The Kremlin is not just providing Tehran with intelligence support, including satellite imagery and other crucial data that facilitate targeting of US military assets across the Middle East. This axis of evil between Moscow and Tehran constitutes an enormous threat to international security. Their military cooperation is truly alarming. The United States and the international community must take this threat seriously and act before it is too late. Production sites of Russian drones should be considered legitimate targets for military strikes in the campaign against the Mullah regime. Ukraine is already contributing to the weakening of the military potential of the Moscow–Tehran unholy alliance, as our troops are hitting these production facilities, exercising the right of self-defense. So, providing Ukraine with the means for deep strikes and helping ramp up our domestic production of long-range missiles will support collective efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. In reality, Russia is the primary beneficiary of the new wave of instability in the Middle East. First, it automatically diverts global attention away from its ongoing aggression against Ukraine. Second, the massive deployment of air defense systems is already creating shortages on the international market. And third — and most critically — rising oil and gas prices are generating extraordinary windfall revenues for Russia.show more

Anton Gerashchenko

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