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- ▸ Saudi Arabia and UAE strike Iran; Russia kills 24 in Kyiv; US cancels Poland troop rotation. May 15 shows Iran war and Ukraine conflict reshaping global security
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Iran War, Russia-Ukraine Conflict Redraw Security Map
Saudi Arabia and the UAE struck Iran directly for the first time during the war, the New York Times reported; the US House killed an end-the-war resolution 212-212; Trump said he and Xi Jinping agreed Tehran cannot have nuclear weapons and the strait must stay open. A Russian missile killed 24 in Kyiv, and Zelenskyy called retaliation 'entirely justified', warned of Russian plans to strike Kyiv's decision-making centres and said Moscow was pressing Lukashenko into a new offensive. The US cancelled a 4,000-troop Poland rotation.
Saudi Arabia and UAE made first direct strikes on Iran during recent war, NYT reports; US House deadlocks 212-212 on resolution to end the conflict
The New York Times reported on May 15, citing current and former senior US officials, that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates carried out their first direct strikes on Iran during the recent war, retaliating for Iranian attacks on their territory; neither government confirmed. The US House killed a Democratic resolution to end the war by a 212-212 tie — the third such vote this year, days after the Senate defeated a similar measure 50-49. China called for a 'comprehensive and lasting' ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz; Trump told reporters returning from China that he and Xi Jinping agreed Tehran must not have nuclear weapons and that the strait must stay open.
Zelenskyy says Ukraine 'entirely justified' to strike Russian oil and arms industry after Kyiv missile kills 24, as US cancels 4,000-troop Poland rotation
After a Russian cruise missile destroyed an apartment block in Kyiv on May 14 and killed at least 24 people, including three children, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on May 15 that Ukraine was 'entirely justified' to retaliate against Russia's oil industry and military production, and warned of intercepted Russian plans to strike Ukraine's political and military 'decision-making centres'. The same day the US Army confirmed the cancellation of a planned rotation of 4,000 troops to Poland; Polish defence minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz tied the move to Trump's earlier withdrawal of 5,000 soldiers from Germany and said Poland could end up with a 'permanent, rather than rotational' US presence. Trump told reporters the Ukrainians 'took a big hit' and said the strikes could set back peace efforts.
Merz and Trump close their Iran-policy rift in phone call as the chancellor warns young Germans against moving to the United States
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he and US President Donald Trump 'agreed' in a May 15 phone call as Trump returned from China that Iran 'must come to the negotiating table now', that the Strait of Hormuz must be reopened, and that Tehran must not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons. The call ended a rift that erupted in late April when Merz told schoolchildren in the Sauerland that the United States had 'no strategy' for talks with Tehran and that the entire American nation was being humiliated by Iran's leadership, prompting Trump to call Merz's performance 'terrible', describe Germany as 'broken' and announce the withdrawal of 5,000 US soldiers from the country. Hours before the call, at the Catholic Day in Würzburg, Merz told young Germans he 'would not recommend' that his children study or work in the United States, citing the country's 'social climate.'
Zelensky says Ukraine obtained documents showing Russia plans strikes on 'decision-making centers'
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May 15 that Ukraine's Defense Intelligence obtained Russian documents listing nearly two dozen political centers and military command posts as targets for new missile and drone strikes. Satellite images attached to his statement, dated May 6, showed coordinates of the presidential office, residence, and underground facilities in central Kyiv. Zelensky vowed long-range sanctions against Russia and said Ukraine had taken the intelligence into account.
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