Israeli Foreign Minister Yair LapidTEL AVIV, Feb. 25 Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid had a talk on Thursday evening with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, the topic of conversation was the situation in Ukraine, the parties informed each other about the steps being taken, the press service of the Jewish Foreign Minister said. «The interlocutors discussed the situation in Ukraine and the resulting global consequences. Minister Lapid expressed concerns about the safety of Israelis trying to leave Ukraine, and informed the Secretary of State about Israel's offer to provide humanitarian assistance to Ukraine,» the statement says. It is noted that the Secretary of State, in turn, informed his counterpart about the steps taken by the United States at this stage. Lapid and Blinken agreed to maintain contacts on this topic. Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier that he had decided on a special military operation against Ukraine. In a televised address to the Russians, he said that the circumstances «require decisive and immediate action from us, the people's republics of Donbass turned to Russia with a request for help.» The President of the Russian Federation stated that the entire responsibility for the bloodshed would be on the conscience of the ruling regime in Ukraine, and called on the Ukrainian military not to follow the criminal orders of the Ukrainian authorities, to lay down their arms and go home. artillery strikes on the cities of Ukraine. According to the agency, military infrastructure, air defense facilities, military airfields, aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are disabled by high-precision weapons. The ministry clarified that nothing threatens the civilian population.
