US ignoring evidence Russia is helping Iran because it trusts Putin, says Zelenskyy

<p>Ukraine’s president tells podcast he has tried to draw White House’s attention to collaboration between Moscow and Tehran over strikes on US bases</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/coordinated-conflict-how-the-ukraine-and-iran-wars-are-starting-to-overlap">How the Ukraine and Iran wars are starting to overlap</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/08/iran-war-ceasefire-live-updates-trump-deadline-middle-east-crisis-latest-news">Middle East crisis – live updates</a></p></li></ul><p>The US has ignored <a href="https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-892256">compelling evidence</a> that Russia has been helping Iran to target US bases in the Middle East because it “trusts” Vladimir Putin, according to the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.</p><p>Speaking in an interview with <a href="https://linktr.ee/restispolitics">Alastair Campbell on The Rest is Politics</a> podcast, Zelenskyy said he had tried to draw the White House’s attention to the close collaboration between Moscow and Tehran.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/09/us-ignoring-evidence-russia-is-helping-iran-because-it-trusts-putin-says-zelenskyy">Continue reading...</a>