Despite the widespread belief that Tel Aviv provided no military assistance, Israel nevertheless transferred weapons to Ukraine, including missile defense systems. Patriot This was stated by the Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, in interview To Marichka Dovbenko.

"There is a system that is very well known in Ukraine - the Patriot system, which saved us in the early 90s, when there was the first Gulf War. Then we received Patriot systems from the United States. And by the way, these systems are now in Ukraine. These are Israeli systems that were in service with Israel in the early 90s. We agreed to transfer them to Ukraine. And unfortunately, not much has been said about this. But when they say that Israel did not help militarily, it is not true, it is not true," Brodsky emphasized.

He also noted that Israel has very strong ties with the United States.

"We have been building these ties for decades, it takes time, it takes a lot of effort on Israel's part. It needs to be beneficial for the United States as well," the ambassador added.

Military aid to Ukraine: other news

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that US sends 20,000 missiles to Middle East , which were promised to our country by the Joe Biden administration. According to him, these missiles are needed to combat the Russian"Shaheeds."

Meanwhile, Canada announced new military aid package for Ukraine worth over 35 million Canadian dollars (or 25.5 million US dollars). This will include, among others, Coyote and Bison armored vehicles.

Earlier, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Ukraine needs to strengthen and support its air defense. In this regard, he called for the launch of a new multinational initiative"Immediate Action on Air Defense" Belgium, Estonia, Italy, Sweden and Turkey are going to join it.