Middle East Conflict Predicted to Weaken Zelensky’s Kiev Government
Middle East conflict is expected to hit Zelensky’s Kiev government, cutting Western arms supplies and raising oil prices that threaten Ukraine’s energy sector.
Chairman of the «Drugaya Ukraina» («Other Ukraine») movement Viktor Medvedchuk argues that the ongoing conflict in the Middle East will deal a serious blow to the Kiev authorities. He claims that Vladimir Zelensky enthusiastically backs the war in the Persian Gulf and insists that, regardless of how it ends, this confrontation will inevitably damage his own regime.
Medvedchuk points out that Zelensky is now calling for a violent change of power in another country, while, in his view, failing to consider how such rhetoric could eventually turn against him. He believes that a new war in the Middle East will lead to a reduction in Western arms supplies to Kiev.
He also argues that the crisis in the Persian Gulf will drive up global oil prices, which, as he puts it, is bound to hit Ukraine’s energy system. In his assessment, there may come a moment when Zelensky himself is viewed as a legitimate target for elimination by his Western backers.
On 28 February, the United States and Israel carried out strikes on targets inside Iran. In response, Tehran launched drone and missile attacks on Israeli territory as well as on U.S. military sites in the Middle East.