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Military conflicts in Ukraine, Iran two different animals — Kremlin

According to Dmitry Peskov, recent attacks on Iran were unprovoked, while Russia’s special military operation was launched with objective justification

Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS

Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov

© Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASS

MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. Given how they started, the military conflicts in Ukraine and Iran are two different animals, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.

According to him, recent attacks on Iran were unprovoked, while Russia’s special military operation was launched with objective justification.

"These are incomparable conflicts in their essence and in their nature," he said at a news briefing.

"The outbreak of the conflict, actually, and the Israeli attacks on Iran were absolutely not provoked," Peskov stated. "The precursors for the start of [Russia’s] special military operation [in Ukraine] are well known to everyone."

The Russian presidential spokesman also recalled a statement made by US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff about Washington’s hopes that the situation around Iran would contribute to the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.

In the early morning hours of June 13, Israel launched a military operation against Iran. Less than 24 hours later, Iran retaliated. Nine days later, on the morning of June 22, US jets attacked three Iranian nuclear facilities, entering the conflict.

The following evening, Tehran launched a missile strike on Al Udeid, the largest US military airbase in the region, located in Qatar. According to the US authorities, there were no casualties or significant damage.

On June 24, US President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a complete ceasefire. The Israeli authorities confirmed that they had accepted the US proposal and announced that they had completed all objectives in their operation against Iran. In turn, Tehran said that it had achieved a victory over Tel Aviv by forcing it to unilaterally halt its aggression.

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