U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be assisting Iran “a little bit,” suggesting Moscow could see it as a response to Washington’s support for Ukraine.
"I think he might be helping him (Iran) a little bit, yeah, I guess. And he probably thinks we're helping Ukraine, right?," Trump told "The Brian Kilmeade Show."
Several U.S. media outlets have reported that Russia has provided targeting information to Iran for attacking U.S. forces during the ongoing conflict.
Washington and Israel launched the offensive on Feb. 28 with strikes that killed Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei, triggering a widening regional war that has rattled global energy markets and drawn missile and drone attacks across the Gulf.
"We're going to be hitting them very hard over the next week," Trump told Fox News Radio, adding that he believed Iran's leadership could eventually be toppled by its own people.
