The Dome of the Rock Mosque and Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 18Israel canceled a phone call between Defense Minister Benny Gantz and his Ukrainian counterpart Alexei Reznikov, Haaretz reported, citing an unnamed source. between Gantz and his colleague in Kyiv, Reznikov,» the article reads.The U.S. wants to give Ukraine a «strong» position for peace talksGantz and Reznikov last spoke in April, and the conversation scheduled for August 24 has already been postponed five times, according to Israeli journalists. On Tuesday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said he would send an official note to the government Israel with a request to provide Kyiv with air defense systems. The day before, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev regarded the possible supply of weapons to Ukraine from Israel as a reckless step that would destroy relations between Tel Aviv and Moscow.
Europeans predicted a civil war over UkraineEarlier, Vladimir Zelensky, speaking at the G7 summit, which is being held online, asked for help creating an «air shield» for Ukraine and providing Kyiv with a sufficient number of modern and effective air defense systems. Attacks on the Ukrainian infrastructure of the Russian Armed Forces began applied a week ago, on October 10, two days after the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge, behind which, according to the Russian authorities, the Ukrainian special services are. As President Vladimir Putin has said, the explosion on the bridge put Kyiv on a par with the most odious terrorist groups, and «it is simply impossible to leave such crimes unanswered.» Attacks are being made on energy, defense, military command and communications facilities across the country, from Kharkiv and Kyiv to Lvov and Ivano-Frankivsk, causing massive power outages.
Obama urged to remind Kyiv of the boundaries of what is permitted
