Iran is also suspicious of Azerbaijan’s military cooperation with Israel, an arms supplier to Baku, saying Israel could potentially use Azerbaijani territory as a bridgehead against Iran.
After resisting attempts by Russian forces to take Mykolajiv —a bridgehead for assaulting Odesa—the Ukrainians launched devastating missile attacks against the Russian command at Cherson’s airport (killing a Russian general in the process, they say) and gained ground to the north of the city.