Foreign Ministry Director General Alon Ushpiz updated this evening (Thursday) during the assessment of the situation held by Prime Minister Bennett that Russia today sent messages to Israel that it “contains” the Israeli condemnation of the invasion of Ukraine, according to a source who attended the meeting.
The source said that the director general of the Foreign Ministry said that the Russian message came through the Israeli ambassador to Moscow, Alex Ben-Zvi, and through the Russian ambassador to Israel, Anatoly Viktorov. Israel, “the source said.
According to the source, during the meeting, Foreign Minister Lapid was authorized to make a decision on whether to evacuate the Israeli embassy staff located in the city of Lvov in western Ukraine. Tomorrow morning, Lapid is expected to hold a discussion on the issue to make a decision.
A source close to the contents of the discussion added that during the discussion on the possibility of providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine, Defense Minister Ganz said that the first line of aid should be civilian, and every effort should be made not to involve the IDF due to strategic considerations with Russia. “With humanitarian aid to Ukraine only if there is no choice,” Ganz said.
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Foreign Ministry spokesman Lior Hayat said: “There is no response.”