Israel-Ukraine relations

File: Ukraine's ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, gives a statement to the media in Tel Aviv, on March 11, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)

June 25, 2023, 6:04 pm

In blistering critique, Ukraine accuses Israel of pro-Russian stance

Foreign Ministry to summon Kyiv’s envoy for reprimand after embassy says Israeli officials have ‘a blatant disregard for moral boundaries’

By Lazar Berman

Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky in Kyiv on his first day back since before the Russian invasion, May 16, 2022. (Courtesy)

June 25, 2023, 10:13 am

Israel tells Russia to not lecture it on Holocaust memory, in spat over envoy remarks

Russian’s Foreign Ministry pans Israeli ambassador in Kyiv, who said Ukrainians see resistance fighters who collaborated with the Nazis as ‘heroes’

By ToI Staff

Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska in the Hall of Names as Yad Vashem Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, June 20, 2023. (Twitter screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

June 21, 2023, 4:51 pm

Zelenska visits Yad Vashem, launches new Ukrainian-language audio guide

Ukraine’s first lady inaugurates promenade in Jerusalem named for Ukrainian couple who saved Jewish family during Holocaust

By Michael Horovitz

Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska, center, meets with President Isaac Herzog, right, and with Herzog's wife Michal in Tel Aviv, June 19, 2023. (Igal Slavin)

June 19, 2023, 1:17 pm

Ukraine’s first lady meets Herzogs to kick off visit promoting humanitarian issues

In her first visit to Israel, Olena Zelenska to tour hospital and trauma centers along with counterpart Michal Herzog, focusing on initiatives to aid war-torn Ukraine

By ToI Staff

First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska arrives at Buckingham Palace in London May 5, 2023. (Jacob King, Pool via AP)

June 13, 2023, 6:50 pm

Ukraine’s first lady to visit Israel next week at invitation of president’s wife

Herzog’s office confirms trip by Olena Zelenska; will discuss trauma care with Israeli counterpart, is expected to visit Ukrainian soldiers receiving care in country

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on a phone call with mayors and leaders of communities in southern Israel on May 9, 2023 (Ariel Hermoni / Defense Ministry)

June 11, 2023, 7:07 pm

Ukraine claims Israeli defense minister rebuffing requests to speak with counterpart

Officials say Oleksii Reznikov has been trying to arrange call with Yoav Gallant since current government assumed office; Defense Ministry says no official request made

By Lazar Berman

Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska pays her respects as she passes the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II at the Palace of Westminster in London on September 18, 2022. (Jacob King/POOL/AFP)

June 11, 2023, 3:51 pm

Ukraine’s first lady expected in Israel next week at invitation of Michal Herzog

Olena Zelenska slated to meet president’s wife; invitation was extended at last month’s London coronation of King Charles

By Lazar Berman

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (front left) tours a flooding area after the collapse of the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric plant, in Kherson, Ukraine, July 8, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

June 8, 2023, 5:46 pm

Zelensky visits flooded Kherson after dam collapse; 5 dead in Russian-occupied city

Ukrainian president says he’s onsite to assess aid and rescue efforts as rising waters displace 4,000 on both sides of frontline; MKs slam ‘deliberate act of Russian aggression’

By AP and Lazar Berman

Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky speaks at the Ukrainian Israeli Rehabilitation Summit in Kyiv, May 30, 2023 (Israel Embassy Ukraine)

May 31, 2023, 4:13 pm

Set to expand rehabilitation aid, Israel puts expertise on display in Ukraine

Two-day Lviv conference organized by several Israeli ministries sees doctors, entrepreneurs gather to improve national system for helping soldiers and civilians cope with injuries

By Lazar Berman

Economy Minister Nir Barkat arrives for a meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 8, 2023, 1:53 pm

Ukraine to invite Economy Minister Barkat to June recovery conference in London

Kyiv’s ambassador to meet with minister Monday for talks on confab; First Lady Michal Herzog invites Ukrainian counterpart Olena Zelenska to Jerusalem

By Lazar Berman

Deputy speaker of Ukraine's parliament Olena Kondratiuk in Jerusalem, May 1, 2023 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

May 3, 2023, 7:40 am

Help us get our kids back from Russia, urges senior Ukraine lawmaker visiting Israel

Deputy speaker of Kyiv’s parliament Olena Kondratiuk is leading a delegation stressing the need for Israeli expertise in early warning systems, shelters

By Lazar Berman

Ukrainian emergency services employees push the remains of an S-300 missile fired by Russian forces onto a truck in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on February 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

April 20, 2023, 6:14 pm

Israel to reportedly test missile warning system in Kyiv next month

Report says IDF Home Front Command will deploy system to Ukrainian capital, then expand to other cities if successful; array does not include missile interception

By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

Illustrative: Ukrainian soldiers rest in a dugout on the frontline in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday, April 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Libkos)

April 13, 2023, 8:52 am

Israel condemns ‘horrifying’ acts after video of beheading of Ukraine soldier

Without explicitly mentioning Russia, Foreign Ministry says those ‘responsible for such atrocities must be prosecuted’

By ToI Staff and AP

A SPYDER surface-to-air missile is fired in a test in an undated photograph. (Defense Ministry)

April 10, 2023, 11:02 am

Intel leak: US believes Israel can be pressured to supply ‘lethal’ arms to Ukraine

Documents reported by US media say Washington thinks Jerusalem can be convinced to let third parties supply Kyiv with weapons including surface-to-air and anti-tank missiles

By ToI Staff

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (left) and his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba speak during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 16, 2023. (Gleb Garanich/Pool/AFP)

March 21, 2023, 3:17 pm

Kyiv says it is frustrated with pace of delivery on Israeli promises

Ukraine insists it still has not been told how to access $200 million loan guarantee; Israeli diplomats say Monday meeting was friendly, projects moving ahead

By Lazar Berman