The most grievous of the very many baleful consequences of Donald Trump’s war of choice in Iran is that it has given Vladimir Putin’s struggling war machine a vital boost.
With US sanctions on sales of Russian oil now being relaxed, the Kremlin can take further advantage of the energy crisis, and sell yet more oil and natural gas into world markets at inflated rates. This will, in turn, help fund Russia in its grinding war of attrition in time for new spring offensives, after it found itself perilously short of money, and even manpower, in recent months.
