'Growing Iran-Russia ties will bring Israel and Ukraine closer together'
Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk says that although Israel has so far refrained from providing Ukraine with military equipment, it might soon change its policy.
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Lawyers in Russia overwhelmed by requests to help avoid fighting in Ukraine
Hundreds of thousands have fled to countries such as Kazakhstan, Georgia and Finland. Many more remain in Russia and are hiding from military recruiters, praying they won't be summoned or hoping for exemptions from service.
Israel set to spend millions on Russian olim as mobilization leads to exodus
Government approves 90-million-shekel budget as thousands are expected to arrive to Israel.
'The Ukrainian flag is already in Lyman'
Russia withdraws troops after Ukraine encircles key city in east, day after Putin announces annexation.
US vows Putin won't 'get away' with illegal annexation, Ukraine submits NATO bid
“America and its allies are not going to be intimidated by Putin and his reckless words and threats," President Joe Biden tells reporters.
Russian strike kills 25 as Kremlin moves to annex Ukraine regions
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters Thursday that four regions of Ukraine – Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia – would be folded into Russia during a Kremlin ceremony.
In rare anti-Russian rhetoric, Israel says won't recognize Ukraine annexation votes
Zelenskyy warns that Russia's "sham referendums" and attempts to annex Ukrainian territory rule out any talks with Moscow as long as Putin remains president, and calls for Russia's "complete isolation" and tough new global sanctions.
Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap includes Mariupol defenders, Putin ally
President Volodymr Zelenskyy says government won freedom from Russian custody for 215 Ukrainian and foreign citizens, with the help of Turkish and Saudi mediation efforts.
Israel braces for aliyah wave from Russia following mobilization
The Foreign Ministry as well as the El Al airline begin preparations ahead of an expected increase of immigrants from Russia after President Vladimir Putin mobilizes 300,000 troops to fight in the war in Ukraine.
Putin mobilizes 300,000 troops, touts 'means of destruction'
“It’s not a bluff," Russian leaders says in televised address, vowing to counter the West's "nuclear blackmail."