Overview

• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia sees Israel as uninterested in mediation after five days of escalating exchanges.
• Israel’s surprise air campaign targeted Iranian military and nuclear sites last week, killing most of Iran’s top commanders and leading nuclear scientists.
• Iranian counterstrikes on Israeli cities have killed 24 people, following more than 220 fatalities in Iran from Israeli attacks.
• Russia’s Foreign Ministry branded the strikes as unprovoked attacks on a sovereign UN member state and urged both sides to show maximum restraint.
• Despite a strategic partnership treaty with Tehran, Russia has no mutual defense obligation and continues to weigh its relations with Israel.