Yevgen Korniychuk

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

Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk, interviewed at his country's embassy in Tel Aviv, March 22, 2022 (Times of Israel)

February 27, 2023, 6:52 am

Year into war, Ukraine’s envoy looks for Israel to scrap fence-sitting policy

Yevhen Korniychuk urges Jerusalem to shift away from balancing ties with Russia in order to allow transfers of defensive arms, says early warning system must be set up urgently

By Lazar Berman

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (L) and Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90; Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

January 19, 2023, 6:45 pm

FM Cohen to visit Ukraine, most senior Israeli official to do so since war began

Israel’s top diplomat accepts invitation during call with Ukrainian counterpart, urges Kyiv to join fight against Iranian Guards; Egypt sends message about Temple Mount

By Lazar Berman

Rescue workers transfer the body of a man killed in a Russian missile strike on an apartment building into a plastic bag in the southeastern city of Dnipro, Ukraine, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

January 17, 2023, 3:15 pm

In wake of Russian strikes, Ukraine steps up calls for Israel to supply air defenses

Ambassador says Jerusalem ‘must be on right side of history,’ but ‘we will win with or without Israeli aid’

By ToI Staff

January 9, 2023, 8:37 pm

FM Cohen set to speak with Ukraine’s Kuleba after call with Moscow irked Kyiv

Scheduled conversation comes after doubts arose about Ukraine’s willingness to speak to newly appointed top diplomat

By Lazar Berman

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

January 3, 2023, 11:54 pm

Ukraine alleges Israeli FM’s call with Lavrov proves Israel changed stance on war

Kyiv fumes at Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, with Ukrainian Ambassador Yevgen Korniychuk saying Jerusalem is remaining silent as Moscow shells civilians

By Lazar Berman

A Chabad man lights a menorah in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on the first night of Hanukkah, December 18, 2022 (courtesy Kharkiv Choral Synagogue)

December 28, 2022, 2:41 am

Hanukkah brings light to darkened Kharkiv amid winter at war

Rabbi Moshe and Miriam Moskowitz take festivities underground and into military hospitals, where they find a wounded Israeli and city residents looking for a reason to smile

By Lazar Berman

Personal aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Alexey Arestovych, seen during an interview aired on August 16, 2019. (File, YouTube screenshot; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

December 14, 2022, 9:28 pm

Zelensky aide blames inertia in Ukraine foreign ministry for UN vote against Israel

Oleksiy Arestovych’s statements at innovation summit in Warsaw were not coordinated with government, says envoy, as Israel continues working to convince Kyiv to change stance

By Lazar Berman

November 15, 2022, 5:10 pm

Ukraine’s envoy blasts Israeli ‘summons’ as ties deteriorate

Amid rising tensions, Yevgen Korniychuk expresses anger over barriers for citizens trying to enter Israel, disappointment over recent UN vote

By Lazar Berman

File: Defense Minister Benny Gantz (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a press conference after the Gaza ceasefire in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

October 19, 2022, 12:00 am

Gantz, Netanyahu both reiterate Israel’s unwillingness to sell weapons to Ukraine

Political rivals express similar sentiment in separate interviews; Kyiv’s envoy to Israel says defense minister canceled an upcoming call with his Ukrainian counterpart

By Sara Serfaty

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba gives a press conference, after meeting with his Russian counterpart for talks in Antalya, Turkey, on March 10, 2022. (AFP)

October 18, 2022, 6:39 pm

As Russia turns to Iranian-made drones, Kyiv to request Israeli air defense help

Foreign Minister Kuleba says Ukraine will submit formal letter after months of Israeli refusal, days before he and Lapid slated to speak via phone

By Lazar Berman

June 7, 2022, 2:39 pm

Ukraine’s envoy blasts Israel for withholding Iron Dome, protective gear

Ambassador Yevgen Korniychuk thanks Israeli public, but says government must decide whether it wants to join ‘the right side’

By Lazar Berman

April 6, 2022, 8:14 pm

Ukraine’s envoy walks out of Israeli briefing over Gantz’s comments

Yevgen Korniychuk incensed by defense minister supposedly referring to Russian invasion as a ‘conflict’; minister’s office says he discussed mediation efforts with both sides

By Lazar Berman

A man walks on a street with several dead bodies on the ground in Bucha, northwest of Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 2, 2022. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)

April 4, 2022, 10:25 am

Liberman refuses to condemn Russia over Bucha, citing ‘mutual accusations’

Ukrainian ambassador rebukes finance minister, says he’s welcome to ‘see for himself the bodies,’ Gantz calls killing of civilians in city near Kyiv a war crime

By Amy Spiro

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz speaks during a press conference in Tel Aviv, February 14, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

April 1, 2022, 3:19 pm

Ukrainian envoy says Israel’s health minister to visit country next week

Yevgen Korniychuk says Horowitz will meet Ukrainian counterpart, tour Israel’s field hospital near Lviv; trip will be first by a government minister since Russian invasion

By ToI Staff