At a time when the war in the Middle East has entered its 15th day, and the strategic deadlock of the US and Israel deepens, everything indicates that the conflict is inevitably escalating and expanding.
A short while ago, Iran announced that Ukraine is providing military expertise to Israel to combat Iranian drones, something that makes it directly involved in the war.
Indeed, Iran threatens that the entire territory of the “destroyed Ukraine” constitutes a legitimate target for Iranian retaliation.
“Legitimate target”
Ibrahim Azizi, chairman of the National Security Committee of the Iranian Parliament, stated via Facebook that Ukraine has become a legitimate target for Iranian attacks because it provided drone support to Israel.
“By providing drone support to the Israeli regime, the destroyed Ukraine has effectively entered the war and, according to Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, makes its entire territory a legitimate target for Iran,” he wrote.
This threat by Azizi must be taken particularly seriously, as Iran rarely threatens other states during the conflict.
The foolishness of Zelensky
On 13/3/2026, the illegal Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly announced that Ukraine has already sent teams of specialists in drone combat to three countries in the Middle East.
“We have already sent teams of experts to three countries. We are ready to help. At the end of the week, the military and the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (Rustam Umerov) will return and present a full report. We will understand the extent of the assistance that our partners expect from us,” stated the Ukrainian leader.
Indeed, he expressed the belief that countries of the Middle East need Ukrainian technology, pilots, and military personnel.
On the other hand, Donald Trump stated that Ukraine is not helping the US in dealing with Iranian missile and drone attacks and emphasized that Washington does not need its assistance:
“We know more about drones than anyone. In fact we have the best drones in the world,” he stressed.
The question remains: since the US denies that the Ukrainians are helping them in the drone sector, which countries did Zelensky mean?
It is undeniable that Israel is certainly among them, as Iranian drones have decimated the widely advertised Iron Dome air defense system.
Possible scenario
Commenting on the possibility of an Iranian attack against Ukraine, political scientist Dmitry Zhuravlev told Lenta.ru that this is a possible scenario and the issue lies in the adequacy of missiles for attacks.
“At the moment they are competing with the US over who will have more missiles,” he noted.
According to him, whoever possesses weapons will “determine the situation”, therefore Iran could remain without reserve weapons in the event of attacks against Ukraine.
Lessons from Ukraine
However, this public admission by Zelensky is not the first, and apparently will not be the last, about how Ukraine has been transformed into a testing ground for the battlefields of the future.
Just yesterday (13/3) the NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, General Alexus Grynkevich, revealed during a hearing in the Senate that the US is using experience from the conflict in Ukraine in its military operation against Iran.
“Yes, we are doing that, we are deploying forces in the Middle East for this purpose,” he replied to a question about whether the American military is transferring missile and drone interception expertise from the Ukraine front.
Ukraine is being sacrificed on the altar of the Middle East
According to Alexus Grynkevich, Ukraine has requested additional air defense systems from the US.
However, he noted that many of these systems are currently being deployed in the Middle East to address the Iranian threat.
Asked by senators what Zelensky would request if he were currently in Washington, Alexus Grynkevich was clear: “he would request air defense systems”.
The magazine Politico had reported that Ukraine risks losing critical air defense assets because of the US–Iran war.
According to the report, Washington and its allies in the Persian Gulf have already used hundreds of Patriot missiles, exhausting the stocks that were intended for Kyiv.
Admission
More or less the same was admitted by Zelensky, who expressed concern about the effect of the conflict in the Middle East on international developments surrounding Kyiv.
In his speech to students of the Sciences Po University in Paris yesterday (13/3), Zelensky stressed that although it is understandable that the world’s attention has turned to new crises, the situation is not positive for Ukraine.
“There is nothing good for Ukraine in the war in the Middle East,” he stated characteristically, emphasizing his concern about the possible shift of international attention and support away from the Ukrainian crisis.
These statements show that the Ukrainian leadership is watching geopolitical developments with intense concern, as new conflicts may affect the strategic position and Western support for Kyiv.
Ukraine is deeply entangled
Undoubtedly, Ukraine has become badly entangled.
At a time when the Russian army is advancing across the vast front and bombing the rear areas, the adventurist Zelensky is involving his ravaged and destroyed country in new adventures.
If Iran indeed fulfills its promise and attacks Ukraine with ballistic missiles, it is obvious that the already weakened air defense of the latter will collapse completely.
In essence, Ukraine will find itself fighting on two fronts, against Iran and Russia, a development that will further reduce its already minimal resources.
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