US, Israeli missiles strike Iran — here's what it means for Russia (kyivindependent.com)
from breakfastmtn@piefed.ca to world@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 20:54
https://piefed.ca/c/world/p/561262/us-israeli-missiles-strike-iran-here-s-what-it-means-for-russia

Iran remains one of Russia’s most important allies, particularly since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, the Iranian regime “has brought so much evil to Ukraine.”

Zelensky met with Pahlavi on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 13, condemning cooperation between Moscow and Tehran.

Tehran supplied Russia early in the war with Shahed-type attack drones, which Moscow later adapted into its own Geran-1 and Geran-2 models for relentless strikes on Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure.

For the Kremlin, the timing of Iran’s crisis couldn’t be worse.

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Buffalox@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 21:19 collapse

Iran is a strategic ally Russia cannot afford to lose, he said, adding that Moscow would likely do everything possible to prevent such an outcome.

Russia will do nothing, just like they did with Venezuela, and are doing with Cuba.
All they’ll do is complain about it, but they don’t have any real power to do anything.
In Syria they actually tried, but they were hopelessly ineffective.

breakfastmtn@piefed.ca on 28 Feb 21:29 collapse

Russia caused and prolonged a lot of suffering in Syria.

Buffalox@lemmy.world on 28 Feb 21:53 collapse

Yes unfortunately they did, but they failed to protect the Syrian regime, despite the massive strategic importance for Russia of their bases there, that were also a gateway to much of their influence in Africa.
So they tried and failed.