Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on Friday that the escalating Israel-Iran conflict is inadvertently helping Russia by driving up global oil prices, which in turn increases Moscow’s energy revenues and fuels its war machine.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia remains ready to act as a mediator in the conflict between Israel and Iran, and Moscow's previous proposal to store Iranian uranium in Russia remains on the table, the Kremlin said on Monday.

Russia has maintained a delicate balancing act in the Middle East for decades, trying to navigate its warm relations with Israel even as it has developed strong economic and military ties with Iran.

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Russia is appealing to Israel to show restraint in the crisis with Iran, and believes Tehran is exercising its right to self-defence, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying on Monday.

Israel was exploiting its advantage, saying it had taken out dozens of surface-to-air missiles in western Iran and killed the intelligence chief of the Islamic Revoluti

The EU on Monday said Russia had "zero credibility" as a potential mediator between Iran and Israel, after US President Donald Trump suggested Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin could play a role. "There has been a recent Russia-Iran partnership agreement,

By David Ljunggren, John Irish and Jarrett Renshaw KANANASKIS, Alberta (Reuters) - Leaders from the Group of Seven nations began annual talks on Monday with wars escalating in Ukraine and the Middle East,

President Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Saturday that White House envoy Steve Witkoff is ready to resume nuclear talks with Iran's foreign minister, the Russian president's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov said.