Media: Israel approved licenses for possible arms deliveries to Ukraine

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Media: Israel approved licenses for possible arms deliveries to Ukraine

Media: Israel approved licenses for possible arms deliveries to Ukraine – RIA Novosti, 03/15/2023

Media: Israel approved licenses for possible arms deliveries to Ukraine

Israel has approved export licenses for the possible sale of anti-drone systems to Ukraine, reports the Axios portal, citing… RIA Novosti, 03/15/2023

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MOSCOW, March 15 – RIA Novosti. Israel has approved export licenses for the possible sale of anti-drone systems to Ukraine, Axios reports, citing unnamed Israeli and Ukrainian officials. It should be noted that Israel, for the first time since the start of the Russian special military operation, approved licenses for the possible supply of weapons to Ukraine, which it had not previously accepted, despite repeated appeals from Kiev and Western countries. Permits have been issued to Elbit and Rafael. Sources said the licensing was approved in mid-February amid Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s instructions to reconsider Israel’s stance on the conflict in Ukraine. It should be noted that Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen announced the decision on licensing Volodymyr Zelensky during a visit to Kyiv in February. The Ukrainian official, in turn, said that a delegation from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense recently visited Israel to obtain information on anti-drone systems, but no agreement has yet been signed. The systems proposed by Israel use electrical devices to jam and shoot down drones, they have a range of about 40 kilometers and can be installed near power plants or other critical objects, the portal adds. However, Ukrainian officials say they would like more anti-missile systems from Israel. In Tel Aviv, at the same time, they say that the proposed systems are defensive and, if delivered, cannot be used directly against the Russian army. One of the reasons for approving the sale of such weapons, the source says, may be Israel’s desire to test them against Iranian drones that have been used in the conflict in Ukraine, as the West claims. . In October Benny Gantz, then Israeli defense minister, told a meeting with EU ambassadors that Israel would not supply arms to Ukraine for a number of operational reasons, despite the fact that the Jewish state continues to support Kyiv through humanitarian aid. In addition, Gantz promised that Israel would help Ukraine develop civilian bombing early warning systems, for which the Jewish state asked Ukrainians for information on air defense system requirements. The Russian Federation previously sent a note to NATO countries due to the supply of arms to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any shipment containing weapons destined for Ukraine would become a legitimate target for Russia. The Russian Federation’s Foreign Ministry said NATO countries were “playing with fire” by supplying arms to Ukraine. The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. Western countries claim that Iran is supplying drones to Russia for military operations in Ukraine. Moscow and Tehran have denied these accusations. On December 22, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani called the allegations of transferring drones to the Russian Federation unsubstantiated and reiterated that Tehran had not transferred drones to any party to the conflict. . The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the subject of Russia’s purchase of combat drones from Iran had been artificially thrown into the American media. Later, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with RIA Novosti that Western claims about Iran’s alleged drone deliveries to Russia remain groundless.

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Media: Israel approved licenses for possible arms deliveries to Ukraine