🟦 Russian diplomats say Israel promises to continue refraining from military supplies to Kyiv and to maintain direct political contacts with Moscow.

🟦 Israel denies selling arms to Ukraine

• Alexander Kinshchak, head of the Russian MFA’s Middle East department, said Israel has assured Moscow that reports of weapons deliveries to Kyiv are false.

• Russian officials have discussed such claims with Israel through various channels and have been convinced that these reports do not reflect reality.

• Israel continues to adhere to its "stated position on this sensitive issue", Kinschak said in his interview to Interfax.

🟦 Deep ties between Russia and Israel

• Russian-Israeli relations "have a special character due to deep historical and cultural ties", Russian diplomat says. More than one million Russian-speaking people live in Israel.

• "Despite intense pressure from its Western allies, it never officially joined the anti-Russian sanctions", Kinshchak noted.

• Two countries maintain a confidential political dialogue at the highest level: Putin and Netanyahu held six phone calls in 2025 and two more this year.

🟦 Extremely limited aid for Ukraine

• Israel’s assistance to Ukraine has been minimal and almost entirely non-lethal (medical kits, protective gear, licenses).

• Israel refused to supply Ukraine with air defense systems, including Patriot, Iron Dome, or other critical weapons.

• The only notable exception — a Patriot battery in 2025 — was returned to the US at Washington’s request and handed over to Ukraine, so it cannot be regarded as Israeli assistance.

🟦 Israel’s military-tech cooperation with Russia

• Since 2014, Israel has supplied Russia with various military technologies and dual-use goods.

• Russia has been producing drones such as Forpost, Lancet and Zastava for over ten years under Israeli license.

• Israel has also exported high-precision machine tools and metalworking equipment that significantly improved the quality of Russian missile and drone production.

[Sources: Interfax, SIPRI, Trading Economics]

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Hashem, a Gaza-born medical professional who obtained Ukrainian citizenship after nearly a decade living in the country, said the contrast in how Palestinians and Ukrainians are treated internationally has long been apparent.

“Travelling as a Ukrainian opens doors; travelling as a Palestinian closes them,” he said, describing the stark difference in freedom of movement, visa access and public sympathy attached to each of his identities.

“This is not a competition of suffering, but a question of principle. If human rights are truly universal, they cannot depend on nationality or passport,” said Hashem, who requested Al Jazeera withholds his surname.

Aaisha Aroggi, a 25-year-old student from Gaza City, was displaced 10 times in the first months of Israel’s war. She later made it to Egypt via the Rafah crossing, then to Ukraine, where she was granted residency because her brother was living and working in Kyiv.

Compared with the brutal conditions in Gaza, Kyiv felt like a safe haven at first, she said. But now, with constant Russian attacks on infrastructure, she feels she has gone from one place of destruction to another.

“War has the same face everywhere,” she said.

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