Israel will provide Ukraine with military communication systems, Channel 12’s Uvda program reported exclusively Monday evening, in a show that also aired an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, World Israel News reports.
Speaking to Ilana Dayan and Itai Engel, who flew to Ukraine for the meeting, Zelensky told the journalists that his military had asked for these systems months before Russia’s invasion of his country in February. This, he revealed, came even before Ukraine’s well-publicized request for Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system, which then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had refused.
Zelensky said he is now beginning to feel a change in Israeli policy, most probably linked to Russia’s recent use of hundreds of deadly Iranian kamikaze drones purchased from Tehran.
Israel has reportedly sent sensitive intelligence information to Kyiv about the Iranian UAVs, which have concerned Jerusalem for years, considering the enmity between the Jewish state and the Islamic Republic. Israel also recently offered to help Ukraine build a civilian early-warning system.
The president made it clear that his country and Israel have a mutual enemy now, and Ukraine should therefore receive more military aid from Israel.
“We fight against Iran every day. You (Israel) know what ‘Iranian attacks’ means. We are fighting against a large and new union – Russia and Iran. We have information that Iran sold Russia about 1,500 drones. So let’s think together how much more they (Iran) can use. And not only against Ukraine,” he said.
Since the drone attacks on civilian infrastructure began over the last three weeks, the Ukrainian leader has asked Jerusalem for UAVs as well as help in the cyber sphere.
