i24 News – Israel’s Foreign Ministry issued a brief statement saying the Jewish state rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin’s illegal annexation of occupied Ukrainian territories.
“Israel supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, we won’t recognize the annexation of the four areas by Russia. Israel has repeated this clear position many times, including in recent days,” the statement read.
The statement echoed one made earlier in the week by the ministry when the referenda in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia — deemed “a sham” by the West — were ongoing.
“Israel recognizes the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine,” the ministry’s statement said on Tuesday.
Since the beginning of the war, Jerusalem sought to maintain relations with Russia despite its criticism of the invasion of Ukraine; yet, the latest escalation could seriously test this stance.
Washington announced “severe” new sanctions against Russian officials and the country’s defense industry, and said G7 allies support imposing “costs” on any nation that backs the annexation.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky immediately urged the US-led military alliance NATO to grant his country fast-track membership.
Who cares about Israel! The world is mum. If Israel were to annex lands captured JUSTLY – not like these – the world, INCLUDING RUSSIA, would condemn it till who knows where, yet when rogue Russia does it, the world is quiet! The UN is fine with it too! What a world we live in!!
Wow. This is so true.
The world is mum because they know the truth that Russia is not annexing anything but doing some good cleaning.
Hey Lapid, how many Ukrainian cities has Putin annexed since the so-called war that started in Feb?