March 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine spoke to the United States ⁠about ⁠the possibility of postponing the ⁠next round of trilateral talks with Russia "for a while" and changing ​the location due to the spiraling Iran conflict, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday.

President Vladimir V. Putin threatened to cut off remaining gas supplies to Europe as the Iran war drives a surge in energy costs.

Leavitt faced intense backlash online after brushing off new intelligence reports that Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran for it to target U.S. assets in the Middle East

The shifts by Finland and Sweden are all the more striking as both nations maintained neutrality during the Cold War and joined NATO only in 2023 and 2024 respectively, after Russia sent tens of thousands of soldiers into Ukraine. Finland shares a border of 1,340 km (830 miles) with Russia.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia hadn’t received any official requests for aid from Iran and that Moscow had no intention of getting involved in the conflict, despite the close ties between the Kremlin and Tehran.

Russia has provided Iran with information that could help Tehran strike American warships, aircraft and other assets in the region

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The conflict is draining supplies Ukraine needs for its defense, while surging oil prices are boosting the Russian economy.

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Dmitry Antonov MOSCOW, March 6 (Reuters) - The war in Iran has fuelled a significant bump in demand for Russian oil and gas, the Kremlin said on Friday, boosting exports which have been battered by sanctions linked to Russia's war in Ukraine.

With the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran in its eighth day, President Trump said the aim is to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction and "Make Iran Great Again."