Friday, 18 February 2022 (YJC)_ The Israeli ambassador to Ukraine was summoned and reprimanded for contacts between two senior Russian diplomats and Russia over helping the Zionists leave Ukraine.
Israeli Ambassador to Kiev Michael Brodsky was summoned to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Thursday and reprimanded.
According to the Times of Israel, the Axis news website reported on Wednesday that Alon Ashpez, the director general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, had called on Moscow to call on Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov to evacuate the Zionists from Ukraine. has helped.
In this regard, Brodsky was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and according to the Times of Israel, a heated argument broke out between them. Ukrainians have previously criticized the withdrawal of Western diplomats from Kiev.
The Zionist newspaper Haaretz quoted a Ukrainian diplomat as saying that the Israeli ambassador was addressed:
How do you treat us? Doesn't it look like the Gaza Strip? Your actions are meaningless.
A spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry said the ambassador explained that his intention in contacting Bogdanov, who is also the Russian president's representative for West Asian affairs, was to try to reduce tensions and express concern about the situation of Zionist diplomats and citizens.
The diplomatic stance comes two weeks after the Israeli Foreign Ministry reprimanded the Ukrainian ambassador on Thursday for his recent protest against an interview with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.