On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, however, that his country was considering military aid to Ukraine while suggesting a mediating role in the conflict.
Russia warned Israel today not to supply arms to Ukraine, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was “looking into the matter”.
“When it comes to arms deliveries (to Ukraine) we don’t rank countries according to geography. “We are saying that all countries that deliver weapons must understand that we will consider (these weapons) as legitimate targets for the Russian armed forces,” the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said. Maria Zakharovareferring to the possibility of Israeli arms deliveries.
Since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine last February, Israel tried to stay neutral in the conflict it, for example by not supplying arms to Kyiv despite repeated requests from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Israel had also cited privileged relations with Moscow, as the Jewish state has more than a million citizens of former Soviet Union origin and Russia has troops in Syria, Israel’s neighbor.
On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said however that his country was considering a military aid for Ukrainesuggesting at the same time that it has a mediating role in the conflict in Ukraine.
“Any attempt — achieved or not achieved, but announced — to deliver additional weapons, new or otherwise, results or will result in an escalation of this crisis. The whole world must realize this,” Zakharova underlined.
In recent days, several Western countries have expressed their intention to supply heavy tanks to Ukraine quickly, such as Britain intending to supply Challenger tanks at the end of March and Germany intending to send its first Leopard 2″ at the end of March with early April.
However, Ukraine is still asking the West for fighter jets and heavy artillery.
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