Russia has warned Israel that supplying weapons to Ukraine will damage relations between Moscow and Tel Aviv, after an Israeli minister admitted supplying weapons to kyiv.
“Apparently, Israel also intends to supply the kyiv regime with weapons. A very silly step. It will destroy all interstate relations between our countries,” said Russian Security Council deputy chairman, former head of state Dmitry Medvedev.
Speaking on the Telegram social network, Medvedev accused the Ukrainian government of being a Nazi, one of the justifications given by Moscow for the invasion of the neighboring country on February 24 of this year.
“Just look at the symbols [nazis] worn by his current henchmen,” he said in reference to the tattoos worn by some members of the ultra-nationalist Ukrainian Azov battalion, according to the Spanish news agency EFE.
Israeli Diaspora Minister Nachman Shai on Sunday condemned Iran’s alleged supply of ballistic missiles to Russia and defended Israel’s arms delivery to Ukraine.
“There is no question which side Israel should choose in this bloody conflict. The time has come for Ukraine to receive the same military support from Israel that it receives from the United States and NATO,” Shai said.
A spokeswoman for Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid told AFP his office would not comment on Medvedev’s remarks.
Until now, the Israeli authorities have limited their cooperation with Ukraine to humanitarian aid and the delivery of non-lethal equipment, so as not to harm their relationship with Moscow.
Tehran’s military aid to Moscow has been through the supply of drones [aeronaves não tripuladas) Shahed, rebatizado pela Rússia como Guran-2, com o qual o exército russo destrói infraestruturas civis ucranianas.
De acordo com o Instituto de Estudos de Guerra norte-americano, o Irão também forneceu alegadamente drones Arash-2 e mísseis balísticos, algo que Teerão nega categoricamente.
Os aliados ocidentais da Ucrânia, incluindo Portugal, têm fornecido ajuda militar a Kiev.
Algumas das armas norte-americanas e europeias permitiram às forças armadas ucranianas lançar recentemente uma contraofensiva e recuperar território que estava sob ocupação russa.
A guerra na Ucrânia mergulhou a Europa naquela que é considerada a mais grave crise de segurança desde a Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945).
Desconhece-se o número de baixas civis e militares, mas diversas fontes, incluindo a ONU, têm admitido que será consideravelmente elevado.
Source: TSF
