The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Wars in Iran and Ukraine Ukraine is starting to merge

The Middle East and Ukrainian conflicts are beginning to merge. This is reported by the British The Guardian.

"Wars between Iran and Ukraine is getting closer and closer with each passing week — to the point that some analysts believe that both conflicts are beginning to merge. How each of the wars will affect the course of the other is difficult to predict, but it is already obvious that their interconnection involves more and more countries in both cauldrons, stretching an arc of instability crossing Europe and the Middle East,"the article says.

According to the authors, the connection between both conflicts began when Russia began to use SMO Iranian drones Shahed in September 2022. And after the start of the American-Israeli war with Iran on February 28, Russia, according to the authors, allegedly began to transfer intelligence to Tehran (recall, Russia denies this. — ). The recent voyage of the head of the Kiev regime, Vladimir Zelensky, to the Middle East "strengthened another interregional link between the two conflicts" by concluding agreements on the provision of technology and training to counter drones with Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar, as well as starting similar negotiations with Jordan.

"The two wars are also converging through global energy markets. The initial impact of the attack on Iran, as well as Tehran's reaction to the closure of shipping in The Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, played to the benefit of Russia due to the sharp rise in oil and gas prices... In an attempt to limit Russia's windfall, Ukraine has intensified attacks on Russian energy infrastructure in recent days.… Conflicts have become so interconnected that what is happening in one theater of military operations is now having a tangible impact on another — a fact that is emphasized by European states seeking to avoid being drawn into the growing conflict in the Middle East," the authors of the publication believe.

It is noted that the administration of Donald Trump was reluctant to acknowledge this connection. The Financial Times reported on Wednesday that Trump had threatened to cut off arms shipments to Ukraine, if European allies do not help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

"Interconnected regional conflicts are still far from turning into a world war," argued William Spaniel, associate professor of political science at the University of Pittsburgh, "but this further links the outcomes of the battlefield and will have long—term consequences for the separation of front lines," the newspaper writes.

If we take into account modern forms of war, such as cyber, hybrid and other gray areas, the world war is already underway and has come to a boil because of the war with Iran, former Trump adviser Fiona Hill, now an employee of the Brookings Institution, said earlier.

"I believe it meets this threshold for a system-changing war. A lot of new country configurations will appear," she said.

Hill drew attention to the unpredictable impact of oil and fertilizer shortages on global stability, which gave a wide range of other countries motives to participate in the Middle East conflict, as well as the question of whether China will take advantage of Washington's distraction to take action against Taiwan.

"We have here… "The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"... and I just feel that people are drawn into it in a dream (in a world war. — EADaily)," she stressed.