Lloyd Austin urges Israel to step up aid to Ukraine

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin It is strongly recommended Israel It will increase its aid Ukraine.

Leaders from Israel have condemned Russia invades Ukraine They have offered Kyiv humanitarian aid and protective gear, but they also haven’t been able to provide military equipment.

US HAS GROWING CONCERN OVER CHINA’S RELATIONSHIP TO RUSSIA

On Thursday, the secretary made his plea flanked by Yoav Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister, during a press conference held at Ben Gurion Airport (Lod), Israel.

“Now, Israel has been providing helpful humanitarian support for Ukraine and I’m also grateful for Israel’s participation in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group that I convene,” Austin explained. “Yet we’re also calling on all of our allies and partners to step up now at this hinge moment in history.”

“Nations of goodwill, and especially our fellow democracies, must all urgently do their part to help Ukraine fight for its freedom,” He added. “And we must all come together to resist Putin’s grim vision of a world where autocrats get to decide which countries can be snuffed out. So we’ll continue to stand up for our interests, our principles, and our friends.”

Israeli officials are hesitant about providing military aid to Ukraine as they fear it will lead to retaliation in Syria where Putin and Iran have deployed forces for Bashar al-Assad’s support.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu He said that he was “looking into” They are providing military support to Ukraine, noting that they help Ukraine with its military or intelligence operations against Russia’s main allies in Iran.

“But what we have with Russia is a complex relationship because not very far from here, a few miles from here, on our northern border in Syria, Israeli aircraft and Russian aircraft are flying within spitting distance of each other,” He stated this in a CNN Interview on January 31. “That is, Russia is in — militarily in Syria. Iran is trying to implant itself in Syria right next to our northern border, the way they did with Lebanon