Israel did not give weapons to Ukraine. But despite the country’s restraint in the war in Ukraine, Russia is now drawing heavy criticism. And a warning.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his visit to the armed forces at the Khmeimim airbase in eastern Syria in December 2017. Russia and Iran are cooperating on military activities in Syria.
The short version
- Russia and Israel previously had functioning diplomatic relations. Among other things, Israel has not supplied weapons to Ukraine.
- But Putin only commented on Hamas’s attacks on Israel after three days. Today, Russia criticizes Israel for its attacks in Syria and warns of dangerous consequences.
- The reason has to do with the fact that Russia is allied with Iran and both countries are carrying out military operations in Syria.
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The extent of the suffering resulting from Hamas attacks against Israeli civilians is beginning to be known. The destruction following Israel’s revenge attack on the Palestinian Gaza Strip is rapidly growing.
But on Thursday, Israeli missiles also hit two airports near the cities of Damascus and Aleppo in Syria. Israel has not commented on these attacks. But this is not the first time that Israel has bombed Syria, an ally of Iran, its main rival.
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