Israel-Russia 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

The Spasskaya Tower is seen through metal barriers at Moscow's Red Square on June 24, 2023. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP)

June 24, 2023, 8:18 pm

Israel issues advisory warning against travel to Russia after mercenary group rebels

PM, diplomats to discuss developments as Wagner Group leader abruptly announces halt of advance on Moscow

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A parking lot in central Jerusalem that will become a new Russian diplomatic complex. (Google Street View)

June 16, 2023, 4:54 pm

Russia to open embassy branch in Jerusalem as part of land deal with Israel

New complex will mostly provide consular services, in agreement that provides solution to longstanding dispute over plot

By ToI Staff

In this photo provided by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, is greeted by Prince Badr Bin Sultan, deputy governor of Mecca, upon his arrival at Jeddah airport, Saudi Arabia, May 19, 2023, to attend the Arab summit. (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

May 22, 2023, 10:37 am

Russia says Zelensky heads ‘Nazi regime’ with ‘blood ties to Israel’

Moscow’s embassy in Egypt posts tweet in response to Ukrainian president’s visit to Arab League summit, later deletes and reposts it without Israel reference

By Michael Horovitz

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gives a thumbs up after meeting with Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira as he leaves Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

April 23, 2023, 8:45 am

Russia said to refuse to move Security Council Israel debate from Memorial Day

Rejection of request by UN ambassador reportedly seen as Moscow retaliating for Jewish state’s support of Ukraine in ongoing war

By ToI Staff

Then-Immigration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata, center, in blue coat, welcomes new immigrants from Ukraine at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, in an undated photo distributed by the Immigration and Absorption Ministry on July 6, 2022. (Courtesy: Naga Malasa)

April 21, 2023, 11:00 pm

Israel ends expedited immigration track for Russians and Belarusians fleeing war

Immigration Ministry will maintain fast-tracked program for Ukrainians and special cases, but says it wants to focus on absorbing the massive wave of people who arrived last year

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

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

File: Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 30, 2020. (Maxim Shemtov/Pool/AFP)

April 8, 2023, 6:27 pm

Ex-Netanyahu chief of staff: ‘He wants to be like Putin, is seeking unlimited power’

Yoav Horowitz, who appeared at anti-overhaul protest last week, says PM must ‘win at all costs,’ has become filled with ‘vengefulness against the justice system’

By ToI Staff

United Nations Security Council vote on a draft resolution sanctioning Russia's planned annexation of war occupied Ukraine territory, September 30, 2022, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

April 1, 2023, 3:14 pm

‘April 1 absurdity’: Russia takes over rotating presidency of UN Security Council

Moscow to hold discussion on arms exports, where it is expected to lambast Kyiv’s allies; will also convene panels on Mideast amid concerns of hardening rhetoric toward Jerusalem

By ToI Staff

Sergey Cherkasov. (Screen capture/Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

March 31, 2023, 9:56 pm

US indictment: Russian spy sought to gather intel on Israelis, including party head

Sergey Cherkasov, who visited Israel on trip with university where he pretended to be a student, allegedly met US embassy officials and ‘kingmaker L.’

By Jacob Magid

People inspect damage in the aftermath of an alleged Israeli air strike that hit the medieval Citadel of Damascus on February 19, 2023 (Louai Beshara/AFP)

March 18, 2023, 2:33 pm

Foreign Ministry said worried by worsening Russian tone over Israel actions in Syria

Unnamed official says Jerusalem concerned Moscow may promote formal resolution at UN Security Council; report comes days after Israel said to authorize anti-drone tech to Kyiv

By ToI Staff

Germany's foreign minister Annalena Baerbock addresses the UN General Assembly before a vote for a UN resolution upholding Ukraine's territorial integrity and calling for a cessation of hostilities, Thursday Feb. 23, 2023 at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

February 24, 2023, 9:24 am

Israel joins UN resolution calling for Russia to leave Ukraine

Non-binding General Assembly resolution passes 141-7, with 32 abstentions; Erdan: Israel stands ‘alongside people of Ukraine in solidarity both on the ground and here in UN’

By AP and ToI Staff

A large hole is seen in the Kafar Sousah neighborhood of Damascus, after an alleged Israeli airstrike on Syria, February 19, 2023. (SANA)

February 19, 2023, 6:13 pm

Russia condemns Israeli strike on Syria as ‘flagrant violation’ of international law

Moscow urges Jerusalem to ‘refrain from steps that are fraught with dangerous consequences for the entire region,’ after attack on Damascus leaves 5 dead

By Emanuel Fabian

Foreign Minister meets with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 16, 2023. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)

February 16, 2023, 9:01 pm

Hosting Israel’s FM Cohen in Kyiv, Zelensky says Iran is ‘common enemy’

FM pledges air defense warning system for Ukraine within months, looks to increase cooperation against Tehran in int’l bodies; Russian TV denounces Cohen’s visit to a ‘Nazi state’

By Lazar Berman