Putin has to publicly pretend he’ll back his ally, Iran. If he doesn’t, he looks like a coward.
But look at Syria. He supported Assad too. And where is Assad now? Living in exile in Russia.
“Just words.
Putin has to publicly pretend he’ll back his ally, Iran. If he doesn’t, he looks like a coward.”
Exactly. There is absolutely nothing Putin can do and he knows it. After all, his military has been diminished by the Ukraine conflict, that Israel probably encouraged, preventing Russia from “protecting” Iran initially. Israel has even made sure the current attacks on Iran are destroying the production capability of Iran for any and all weapons, especially drones, that were being sold to Russia.
Russia is frigged but Putin is trying to save face with his remarks.