The Russian foreign ministry says Moscow is "extremely concerned" by the latest escalation in the Middle East after Iran fired what it said were 200 missiles on Israel and sending civilians rushing into shelters. The ministry's spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, also accuses the United States of bearing "a significant share of responsibility for the degradation of the situation".
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00:00I would like to emphasize once again that Moscow is extremely concerned about another dangerous turn of the escalation in the Middle East.
00:06We have repeatedly warned that the irregularity of a number of crises in this part of the world,
00:11primarily the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, is fraught with a large-scale exacerbation of the situation.
00:16We believe that a significant share of responsibility, not only in the historical context as a whole,
00:26but also in the current situation, lies with the United States of America.