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Russia’s recent warnings to Israel over military activity near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant are sharpening global concerns about how quickly the current conflict could escalate beyond conventional warfare, particularly in ways that could destabilise energy markets and, by extension, small open economies like Jamaica.
In recent weeks, Moscow is reported to have directly cautioned Israel that airstrikes conducted near the Bushehr facility risk triggering a serious nuclear incident, especially given the presence of Russian engineers and technical staff at the site. Israeli reporting indicates that these warnings led to a change in operational procedures near the plant, suggesting that the risk was taken seriously at a tactical level. What is …
