Go to mediabankThe flag of Israel against the backdrop of St. Peter's Church in Jaffa. File photoTEL AVIV, Oct 18 Israeli Diaspora Minister Nachman Shay's opinion on the need for military assistance to Ukraine does not reflect government policy, Walla writes, citing sources.»Senior Foreign Ministry officials said the words Foreign Minister Nachman Shai that Israel should supply arms to Ukraine does not reflect government policy.The response came hours after ex-Russian President Medvedev warned on Telegram that Israeli arms supplies to Ukraine would destroy relations with Russia. 
Media: Israel rejected Kyiv's request for a telephone conversationEarlier Sunday, Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs Nachman Shai expressed the opinion that Israel should begin to provide military assistance to Ukraine after the appearance of information about the supply of ballistic missiles by Iran to Russia. Since the beginning of the Russian special operation in Ukraine, Israel has been supplying Kyiv with only humanitarian aid and limited supplies of protective equipment for employees of civilian emergency services. Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that Israel's arms supplies to Kyiv would be a rash step and destroy relations with Russia. On Sunday, about the expected supply of Russia Iran's own-produced ballistic missiles were reported by the Israeli state television and radio company CAN, citing a Washington Post publication. According to US intelligence cited by journalists, this is a batch of Fatah-110 and Zolfgar short-range missiles capable of hitting targets at a distance of 300 and 700 kilometers. The publication reports that Iran is also preparing the supply of «additional» unmanned aerial vehicles to Russia. Earlier in early October, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the Iranian side did not supply Russia with weapons for use in hostilities in Ukraine, since «any support with weapons one of the parties to the conflict will delay the possibility of peace.» Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that the topic of Russia's purchase of combat drones from Iran was artificially thrown into the American media. or Russia
