Russia To Help Iran Attack Saudi Arabia If U.S. Arms Ukraine

President Barack Obama confirmed Monday that the U.S. was weighing the possibility of providing lethal arms to Ukraine if peace talks with Russia fail. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande will hold a meeting with Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Minsk on Wednesday to negotiate a new peace deal.
U.S. would become a direct participant in the conflict

Meanwhile, officials in Moscow are making extreme predictions. A member of the Russian Defense Ministry told The Moscow Times (via The Fiscal Times) that if the United States supplies lethal arms to Ukraine, Russia will consider it an “act of war.” It will heighten tension in the region and force Moscow to ” respond asymmetrically against Washington or its allies on other fronts.”

The Russian official, who requested anonymity, said that Russia can also encourage or support Iran in a fight with Saudi Arabia, pushing the oil prices up. Russian economy is expected to contract more than 3% this year due to fall in oil prices. Evgeny Buzhinsky, a former lieutenant general in Russian Army, said that the Kremlin would consider the United States to be a “direct participant in the conflict.”


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