On Tuesday, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Kyiv will formally ask Israel to provide air defense systems amid a flurry of Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure.
Up to this point, Israel has not provided Ukraine with weapons, and Israeli officials say that policy won’t change. An Israeli official told Ynet that sending military aid to Ukraine won’t happen in the near future. But Kuleba is expected to make the request in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid that is scheduled for Thursday.
In another sign that Israel is not keen on supporting Ukraine with military aid, Haaretz reported that Israel rejected a request from Ukraine to hold a call between Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and his Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksii Reznikov.
Kuleba also said Tuesday that he was submitting a proposal to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to cut diplomatic ties with Iran over their alleged support for Israel. Russian kamikaze drones reined down on Kyiv on Monday that Ukraine and the US say were provided by Iran, although both Moscow and Tehran deny the charge.
Citing unnamed Iranian officials, Reuters reported that Iran has agreed to provide Russia with drones and surface-to-surface missiles, but the report is not confirmed. The Pentagon said it doesn’t have any information to “corroborate” the claims made in the report.
The US, Britain, and France plan to raise the issue of alleged Iranian drone transfers to Russia at the UN Security Council on Wednesday, and Ukraine has invited UN experts to inspect what they say are downed Iranian drones.
“Ukraine Says It Will Formally Request Air Defenses From Israel Israeli officials maintain they will not be providing arms”
More Zelensky scamming and scheming!
CT, IsraHell’s not going to arm a nation doing battle with a NUCLEAR nation. They’re too chickensh*t to arouse Russia’s ire.
After all, the Russians aren’t Palestinian kids throwing stones; that’s where IsraHell’s “strengths” lie.
The propaganda is so thick that this is the first time I have read “although both Moscow and Tehran deny the charge.” I have followed news closely and assumed it was true that Iran was providing drones. So if Russia says they are not Iranian, where do they come from? China? Turkey? the Black Market? Russia itself?
Don’t forget Korea.
i wouldn’t be surprised to learn that Raytheon, General Electric, Lockheed etc might be supplying drones/arms to Russia.
It gives new meaning to CAPITALISM, 🙂
In March when a former OSCE (female) observer was killed by Russian shelling in Ukraunian city, I knew things where going downhill. An unnecessary war in Europe!!! More like World War 1 escalation all-the-time. Wars are expensive. This one is a luxury can’t afford.
People make a big fuss over Iron Dome which isn’t very good and is deployed against very artillery. I can’t imagine the system being effective a large military.
The reason Ukraine wants Israeli iron (cotton) dome is because there is no alternative to it to possibly shoot down the Russian kamikaze drones which fly very close to earth surface at high speed….!
I doubt the system is effective.
the US pays for Israeli air defenses which will in turn pay for Ukraine air defenses.
freakin hilarious and you couldn’t make this sh*t up.
meanwhile americans pay 6 dollars for a gallon of gasoline whilst Iranians pay 20 cents for a gallon of gasoline. “DEATH TO IRAN!”
But the Israeli refusal has the potential to cause a rift in the Neocon ranks. What good is an ally who won’t help at critical moment? … would they help in the war with Iran they’re so keen on Washington fighting?