Analysis

Temporarily erased from the media, ministerial meetings, and defense councils, the war in Ukraine is relegated to the background. The conflict in the Middle East captures the weapons and diplomatic attention that Kiev needs.

In the terrible world of social networks, one war always pushes out another, especially when the reorganization of geopolitical relations, exacerbated by the hubris of Donald Trump, rapidly shifts crises from one continent to another. Will Ukraine be the collateral victim of the war in Iran? This is the main concern of Volodymyr Zelensky, who fears losing the Americans, Europeans, and weapons all at once. Since the first day of the intervention of the Israeli-American coalition, the wars in Iran and Ukraine have been closely linked.

For the past month, Ukrainians have watched with bitterness the spectacle of anti-missile missiles being deployed to counter Iranian attacks in the Gulf and in Israel. In the early days of the war, the United States and its allies had already used more Patriot interceptors than in the four years of the war in Ukraine. Since last winter, the Ukrainian government…