Russia emerges as sole "winner" in Iran conflict, EU warns

Russia is, so far, the only country to have benefited from the conflict in Iran, European Council President Antonio Costa said, noting that Moscow has profited from soaring energy prices triggered by US-Israeli strikes and Tehran’s retaliatory actions.

“The diversion of military capabilities — and attention — from Ukraine to the Middle East has also benefited Russia,” Costa, who presides over the European Council representing the EU’s member states, told ambassadors from the bloc in Brussels, France 24 reports.

“So far, there is only one winner in this war — Russia,” he said.

“It steadily undermines Ukraine's position by flouting international law. It gains new resources to finance its war against Ukraine as energy prices rise,” Costa added.

By Vafa Guliyeva