The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a Ukrainian attack on an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea should be considered an assault on Iran itself and showed how important it was to eliminate what it said was the threat from Kyiv.
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the Ukrainian attack, saying it resulted in an explosion that killed one sailor and injured another. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had struck vessels used in military cargo shipments involving Iran.
Kremlin accuses Ukraine of 'terrorist attacks'
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday accused Ukraine of widening the geographical scope of what he called "terrorist attacks."
Peskov accused Kyiv of blowing up Germany's Nord Stream pipelines - something it denies - and of hurting Kazakhstan's interests by targeting CPC Pipeline Infrastructure.
"This threat must be neutralized and definitively destroyed," Peskov said.
Ukrainian foreign minister says he warned Iranian counterpart against escalation, support for Russia
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Tuesday he called his Iranian counterpart following Iran's denunciation of a Ukrainian drone attack on one of its ships, warned him against escalation and told him to end all support for Russia.
"I emphasized the necessity to refrain from any escalatory steps, as well as to end any support for Russia’s war against Ukraine. This war is illegal, and it must end," Sybiha wrote on X.
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, also writing on X, said he spoke to Sybiha and "discussed the challenges facing our nations, including the threat posed by Iran."