After six weeks: The Israeli Field Hospital in Ukraine ended its operations today (Friday) in the western city of Mostiska. The staff of Kochav Meir Hospital landed in Israel this morning, after handling more than 6,000 applications during their stay in Ukraine. Even after the end of the hospital’s operations – the establishment of which was first revealed here in the news – Israel will continue to provide humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Israelis: Get out of the separatist region of Moldova
The Foreign Ministry today called on Israelis in the Transnistrian region of Moldova “to leave as soon as possible in light of the deteriorating security.” A statement issued by the ministry said they “recommend to anyone planning to travel there to cancel their trip”.
Earlier this week there were a number of explosions in the separatist province, and the fear is that these are false operations in preparation for the possibility of Russian involvement in the place. Russian officials have even said they are interested in creating a land corridor from Russia to the province. Meanwhile, the Israeli ambassador to Moldova, Joel Leon, tweeted that “in light of the recent incidents in the district, I would like to express our concern about the situation in the region and in Israel calling for the area to be calmed down.” He added that “between Israel and Moldova there is full solidarity in this challenging situation.”
The International Atomic Energy Agency announced tonight that it is investigating a claim that about two weeks ago a missile passed over a nuclear power plant near the city of Yuzhno-Ukrainsk. Agency chief Rafael Grossi said that if the missile had hit the station, which is about 350 kilometers south of Kiev, it would have suffered serious damage, which would have led to a nuclear accident. Grossi, however, did not say who launched the missile.
During a speech delivered tonight by US President Joe Biden he asked Congress to approve $ 33 billion for military equipment and economic and humanitarian aid for Ukraine. The request represented an extraordinary increase in support for American investment in the war, which tripled investment in the emergency aid budget. It seems that the Americans will invest this year the same amount, or maybe even more, that they invested on average in a year of fighting in Afghanistan.