President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said he would like to see support not only from the Israeli people, but also from the Israeli authorities. Ukrainian President addressed Israeli students.
“I am grateful to the people of Israel, I am grateful to you for the sincere, emotional support of Ukrainians. For Ukrainian flags that appeared on your streets. We all see and appreciate it,” Zelensky said..
" I rarely talk to journalists from Israel. I find it difficult. I don't know what to say to these respected people. I don’t know how to answer the question of how Israel helped,” the Ukrainian president added..
We understand that you are not easy. But we would like to write something in the column of the aid table,” Zelensky said..
“The Israeli authorities have suspended the visa-free regime. Right now. I don't want to rate this.. I want you to think about it yourself,” said the President.
Zelensky also gave examples of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Denmark, Ireland and other countries that accepted refugees from Ukraine.
" It's not about money, it's not about business, it's about values \u200b\u200band general security. Japan supported, Australia, USA, European countries. Unfortunately, we did not wait for Israel to join the sanctions regime.. Why we have a misunderstanding with individual representatives of the authorities - I don’t know,” the President said..
“We are very grateful for the humanitarian aid, medicines. We feel that your society understands the situation, but we have no real contact with your government,” Zelensky added..
Zelensky also answered a question about the reaction to the shelling of Jewish shrines in Ukraine.
“There are many Jewish communities and communities that have dealt with this issue.
We received support from the Jewish Congress, from the USA. I really wanted more support from the Israeli government,” the President said..
[see_also ids\u003d"
Earlier it was reported that Israel rejected the US request to allow Germany to supply Ukraine with anti-tank missiles manufactured using Israeli technology..
Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgeny Korniychuk said that Israel needs to “leave the comfort zone” in the issue of assistance to Ukraine.