The President of Ukraine called on Israel to provide weapons to assist Kiev in dealing with the Russian military campaign.
"Everybody knows Israel's missile defense system is the best, and Israel can certainly help the Ukrainian people," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said by video before Israeli lawmakers on March 20.
President Zelensky is also skeptical of Israel's reluctance to supply Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system to Ukraine.
"We may ask why we can't get weapons from Israel, why Israel doesn't impose strong sanctions on Russia or put pressure on Russian business," Zelensky said. Make a question.
The Iron Dome missile defense system is believed to play an important role in Israel's efforts to intercept the "rain" of rockets from Gaza. Iron Dome is an air defense system manufactured by Israeli defense enterprises with both financial and technological support from the United States.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin two weeks ago in Moscow. Since then, Mr. Bennett has regularly communicated with Mr. Putin and the President of Ukraine.
Israel plays an important role in mediating the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Israel has opposed Russia's military campaign in Ukraine, but is also wary of raising tensions with Moscow.
In a phone call with the Israeli Prime Minister on March 2, President Putin clearly stated Russia's position on the necessary conditions to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. These conditions include unconditional consideration of Russia's security interests, the demilitarization of Ukraine and the guarantee of Ukraine's neutrality, non-nuclear possessions, and recognition of Russia's sovereignty over the sale of goods. Crimea as well as recognition of the independence of two breakaway regions Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine.
After Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24, President Zelensky repeatedly called on the US and Western countries to provide weapons, warplanes and military aid to Ukraine to help it cope with the conflict. with Russia - a force with superior military power.
Speaking to international media on March 12, President Zelensky said that Ukraine urgently needs additional air defense weapons systems. He said Ukraine has determined precisely in which countries it is possible to buy weapons systems and is ready to buy these systems, even with debt.
"Ukraine can set up missile defense systems. Ukraine has determined where in the world there are those weapons, even in detail down to the warehouse," said President Zelensky.
The US and its allies rejected the proposal to create a no-fly zone, instead supplying only weapons to Kiev. These weapons include the US-made Stinger man-portable air defense missile, the Soviet-made Strela missile, which is still kept in the military depots of some European countries. The number of weapons aided by the West is believed to have helped Ukraine effectively resist the advancing momentum of Russian forces.
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