Kremlin warns of high risk for expanded Middle East conflict

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov addressed the death of Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah, stating that the risk of a wider war in the Middle East is now "extremely high."

The Hezbollah leader was killed on Friday in an Israeli airstrike. He was likely killed by a shockwave, as no direct wounds were found on the body, reported Reuters.

Last week, Israel, which has been bombing targets in Lebanon for weeks, intensified its actions. Only last week, several hundred people were killed. Since last Monday, one million Lebanese have left their homes, fleeing from the war.

On Monday, Dmitry Peskov spoke about the recent events in Lebanon, including the death of the Hezbollah leader. The Kremlin spokesperson talked about the "extremely high" threat of a larger conflict. "The Russian side condemns such actions, we believe that they have led to significant destabilization of the situation in the region," said Peskov, as quoted by Interfax.ru.

Further, Peskov said that "massive bombings of residential areas lead to a huge number of casualties, which will undoubtedly lead to a humanitarian catastrophe like the one we are seeing in Gaza".

At the same time, Peskov did not say a word about the thousands of casualties in Ukraine. As a result of the war started by Russia, tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians have lost their lives.