Hanna Notte: US-Israeli Attack On Iran 'Will Only Harden Russia's Position On Ukraine'
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The US-Israeli attack on Iran will likely have little effect on the battlefield in Ukraine, but it may make Russian President Vladimir Putin “even more adamant that he has to come out on top” in the full-scale war he launched four years ago, Hanna Notte, an expert on Russia-Iran ties, told RFE/RL.
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Russia Invades Ukraine Hanna Notte: US-Israeli Attack On Iran 'Will Only Harden Russia's Position On Ukraine' By Steve Gutterman March 01, 2026 16:43 CET Hanna Notte: US-Israeli Attack On Iran 'Will Only Harden Russia's Position On Ukraine' Share Share Print Attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran and the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will likely have little effect on the battlefield in Ukraine, but it may make Russian President Vladimir Putin “even more adamant that he has to come out on top” in the full-scale war he launched four years ago, Hanna Notte, an expert on Russian-Iran ties, told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Notte, a Berlin-based analyst who is director for Eurasia at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, among other roles, spoke to RFE/RL on March 1. RFE/RL: This comes after [former Syria President Bashar] al-Assad’s demise and Maduro's…. So, how big a blow is this after the Syria and Venezuela situations for Russia or [for Russian President Vladimir] Putin's global standing and prestige? Hanna Notte: I think there's two ways of looking at the question…On the one hand, it's hard to argue that this is not a blow to Russia's reputation because we have now seen a string of actions against Russia's partners and allies -- Assad, Maduro, Khamenei -- that make Russia look rather passive. You have this accumulation of Russian partners coming under pressure. There's concern in Russia that Cuba might be next this year. That would then be the fourth Russian ally to come under pressure. So that's one thing. SEE ALSO: The Quiet Of The Kremlin: Upheaval In Iran, Venezuela Gets A Muted Moscow Response But then if we ask about the concrete, tangible consequences for Russia, that's where I am less sure that this is really consequential for Russia's global standing. And I'll give you a few reasons. The first is that I don't think that these developments have a direct bearing on Russia's ability to prosecute the war against Ukraine. And I thi...
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