Ukraine Israel relations

Israel received Iranian, Russian weapons in secret transfer from Ukraine, fmr. ambassador says

According to Ukrainian media reports, Israel is examining samples of Russian attack drones provided by Ukraine, including newer models from the Geran family, which are based on Shahed drones.

ILLUSTRATIVE: Visitors observe the Iranian Ministry of Defense’s display featuring the Shahed 136 drone during the 13th edition of Iraq’s Defense, Security, and Cybersecurity Exhibition (IQDEX) in Baghdad, Iraq April 19, 2025.
Jonathan Karlinsky, an Israeli-Ukrainian drafted into the Ukrainian army.

Chabad efforts secure Odesa posting for Breslov Hasid detained over Ukraine draft

Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk attends a ceremony marking the two years anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Tel Aviv on February 23, 2023.

Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel warns 'Post' about country's 'growing frustration' - interview

View of the Haifa port in the Northern Israeli city of Haifa, November 17, 2024.

Under Ukraine pressure, Israel blocks suspect Russian grain ship


Herzog welcomed in Ukraine on first state visit

Israeli President Isaac Herzog flew to Ukraine on Tuesday to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Babyn Yar massacre.

  Israeli President Isaac Herzog on his visit to Ukraine, October 5, 2021.

Ukraine progressively restores historical memory about Jews

This holiday is especially symbolic for those in Ukraine who have witnessed the revival of Jewish life and traditions after decades of oppression and hardship.

Boris Lozhkin, President of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine and Vice-President of the World Jewish Congress

Ukraine signs memorandum supporting Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center

Global leaders mark 79th anniversary of massacre

(Left to right) President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, BYHMC Supervisory Board member and President of World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder, and Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich, chief rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine, standing at the new Babyn Yar Memorial. Rabbi Bleich is holding the memorandum of understandi

The Iranian Threat: How much time is left? Kyiv Jewish Forum 2020

Jewish leaders from Israel and around the globe gather to debate the complex challenges facing the Jewish community.


Ukraine’s Jewish president launches image campaign to attract investors

Ukraine’s Jewish President Volodymyr Zelensky, a former actor and comedian, presented Ukraine as “a place where you can still make real discoveries; a frontier where new things are happening.”

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Amid coronavirus, Ukraine ready to enhance economic ties with Israel

As part of this cooperation, Ukraine is ready to expand cooperation in the fields of agritech and water management.

A climber installs the Ukrainian national flag on a roof, marking the Day of the State Flag, on the eve of the Independence Day, in Kiev, Ukraine, August 23, 2016

Israel Embassy in Ukraine sends aid to flood victims

As an initial donation, the embassy sent thousands of water bottles to to flood victims in the Chernivitski and the Ivano-Frankivsk in the western region of Ukraine.

Israel Embassy in Ukraine donates thousands of water bottles following the floods that took place in June, 2020.

Ukrainian senior economist says Ukrainians let Jews ‘dominate’ them

Joseph Sytnik wrote about Ukrainian politicians, some of them Jewish, that they are “sinners, advancing slavery and self-destruction".

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks during a joint news conference after a Normandy-format summit in Paris, France December 10, 2019.

7 Israelis held in Ukrainian airport on way to light Hanukkah candles

In May, Interior Ministry representatives met with Ukrainian officials and reached an agreement that was meant to solve such issues.

Passengers wait to have their luggage checked at Boryspil airport in Ukraine

Ukranian parliament celebrates Hanukkah

The event is the first of its kind to be held since the inauguration of the new Ukrainian government, including Jewish President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Chief Rabbi of Kiev Yonatan Markovich is seen lighting Hanukkah candles with Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine Joel Leon and other guests at the Verkhovna Rada.