Posts published in “Middle East”

(KYIV, UKRAINE) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signalled a decisive strategic pivot away from attempting to placate United States policy under Donald Trump, instead articulating a vision of self-reliance and interconnected global pressure points that has largely escaped international notice. In a detailed assessment delivered on 22 April 2026, Mr Zelenskyy moved beyond the customary diplomatic filtering of his earlier wartime statements to deliver a stark geopolitical calculus linking the conflict in Iran directly to the Kremlin’s fortunes and Western fatigue. Mr Zelenskyy explicitly stated that a prolonged war in the Middle East strengthens the Russian war effort. “He definitely…