“The US transmits Ukraine rockets to Patriot from Israel-Axios January 28, 22:01 Share: Patriot (Photo: Bundeswehr/Tom Twardy) U.S. Further to transfer them to Ukraine, reports AXIOS with reference to three knowledgeable sources. According to the publication, this is the largest supply of weapons from Israel to Ukraine from”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
Patriot (Photo: Bundeswehr/Tom Twardy)
This week, US military personnel have transferred about 90 anti-aircraft missiles to Patriot from a warehouse in Israel to Poland to transfer them to Ukraine, reports AXIOS with reference to three knowledgeable sources.
According to the publication, it is the largest supply of weapons from Israel to Ukraine from the beginning of a full -scale war.
Axios reminds that in April 2024, Israel officially removed the Patriot air defense system. The country has developed its own air defense systems, and most of the Patriot batteries, for the first time transferred to Israel more than 30 years ago, were used for exercises, or stood on storage.
The interlocutors of the publication stated that after the Defense Army of Israel announced the decommissioning of systems, Ukraine appealed to the US and Israel with a proposal. Kyiv asked Israel to return the US missiles to restore and send them to Ukraine.
According to the material, Israel for several months “He pulled with a decision, ”for fear of Russia’s reactions. The Ukrainian official told Axios that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyaga refused to answer calls about this issue for several weeks. But at the end of September, Netanyaga gave good.
“At that time, Netanyaga wanted to talk to President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to receive his approval for the annual pilgrimage of the Ultra -Orthodox Israelis to the city of Uman, where the famous Rabin was buried. According to the Ukrainian official, Zelensky did not respond to the call until Netanyaga approved the Patriot Agreement, ”Axios writes.
The Netanyaga representative said the prime minister did not object to the decommissioning of the Patriot and return the system to the US, and redeem any connection between this and pilgrimage.
Axios also with reference to high -ranking Israeli official claims that Israel had warned Russia and stressed that “Only returns the Patriot system in the United States, ”and does not transmit weapons to Ukraine.
The Netanyaga office confirmed that Patriot was returned to the United States and added that they did not know whether they sent the system to Ukraine.
According to the publication, in addition to rockets, Ukraine can receive radars and other equipment that will initially undergo a restoration in the United States.
The Ambassador of Israel to Ukraine Michael Brodsky in the summer of 2024 said that in Israel there were conversations about writing off outdated Patriots and transferring them to Ukraine, but the final decision was not made.
US negotiations on departure to Ukraine eight Patriot systems from Israel – FT
Earlier, The Telegraph noted that US military freight aircraft operates from Israel to the air base in Poland. It was then assumed that Israel could supply Ukraine with a trophy Russian weapon captured in Lebanon. Later, the Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine stated that such an initiative to transfer trophy weapons had not advanced further.
According to Axios, American planes were transporting about 90 missiles for Patriot.
In a recent interview with Italian journalist Chechili Sali, President of Ukraine stated that in his opinion, Israel began to change his position on military assistance to Ukraine.
On January 22, 2025, Volodymyr Zelenskyy met in the fields of the International Economic Forum in Davos with President of Israel Itshak Duke.
On January 28, Zelensky had a telephone conversation with Benjamin Netanyag.
Netanyag will become the first foreign leader to be adopted in the White House by the new US President Donald Trump.