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Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump had a 50-minute phone call on June 14, discussing the escalating war between Israel and Iran, as energy infrastructure in the region took direct hits from military strikes. The call was confirmed by the Kremlin and came just after Israel launched a large-scale aerial campaign known as Operation Rising Lion. According to TASS, Russia’s Yury Ushakov, who serves as Vladimir Putin’s top aide on foreign policy, briefed reporters after the call and said Moscow had warned Washington well before the violence began. Ushakov said, “The Russian president recalled that our side proposed concrete steps before the current escalation, which were aimed at finding mutually acceptable agreements in the ongoing negotiations between representatives of the United States and Iran on the Iranian nuclear program.” He added, “Russia’s principled approach and interest in a settlement remains unchanged and, as Vladimir Putin noted, we will continue to act on this basis.” Israel strikes Iranian nuclear sites with 200 jets The Israeli military opened the offensive on the night of June 13, deploying 200 fighter jets to target over 100 locations inside Iran, including suspected nuclear research facilities. This marked one of the largest airstrike campaigns in the region since 2006. Israeli officials did not give a complete list of targets but confirmed that the goal was to damage Iran’s nuclear capabilities directly. Tehran’s response came just hours later. By that evening, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired missile salvos into Israel, hitting various locations. Among them were military air bases, and one of the missiles reportedly struck the Israeli Defense Ministry building in Tel Aviv. Israeli officials acknowledged that while some facilities were damaged, the Iron Dome defense system intercepted most of the incoming projectiles. The growing exchange between the two countries has already hit global energy markets.…

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