Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned U.S. strikes on Iran as “completely unprovoked aggression,” more than three years into his completely unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Putin made the comments at the Kremlin during a meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on June 23, after U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of successful air strikes […]
Editor’s note: This story was updated to include a comment from Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi. Russia’s Foreign Ministry expressed “extreme concern” on June 13 over Israel’s recent strike on Iran, calling it a dangerous escalation that violated the United Nations Charter and international law. Moscow, which currently wages war against Ukraine, the largest […]