JAKARTA - The Kremlin on Tuesday criticized Ukraine's attack on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea, which must be considered an attack on Iran itself, showing how important it is to eliminate what it calls a threat from Kyiv.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Tuesday accused Ukraine of expanding the geographical scope of what he called a "terrorist attack."
Peskov accused Kyiv of blowing up Germany's Nord Stream pipeline - something he denied - and harming Kazakhstan's interests by targeting the CPC Pipeline Infrastructure.
"This threat must be neutralized and definitively destroyed," Peskov said, launching Al Arabiya from Reuters (28/7).
Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the Ukrainian attack, saying it resulted in an explosion that killed a sailor and injured another.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had attacked ships used in military cargo shipments involving Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Sunday that his country would retaliate for a deadly attack by Ukraine on an Iranian ship in the Caspian Sea.
This comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had carried out a long-range attack in the Caspian Sea on ships carrying military cargo involving Iran, underlining the growing international dimension of Russia's war in Ukraine.
Ukraine's foreign minister on Monday dismissed Iran's accusations as "unfounded and unfounded" following an attack on a ship in the Caspian Sea.
In a post on the social media platform X, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha accused Tehran of being a "direct handmaiden" in Russia's war against Ukraine by supplying weapons to Moscow.
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