Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallan and Foreign Minister Eli Cohen have approved export licenses for the sale of Elbit and Rafael drone suppression systems to Ukraine. It has been reported axis With reference to Israeli and Ukrainian officials.
According to Israeli sources, a decision has not yet been made on the supply of these systems, but the availability of licenses allows such a possibility.
A senior source from the publication explained that one of the reasons Israel approved the licenses was to see how their defense systems work against Iranian drones allegedly used in the conflict in Ukraine.
Former Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdullahiyan declarationKiev authorities did not provide any documents confirming that Iranian drones were used by Russia during the conflict in Ukraine.
According to him, the devices presented in the photos as Iranian drones have nothing to do with Iran.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken declarationHe said that the military-technical cooperation between Iran and Russia raises serious concerns for the United States and Israel. According to him, not only does the Iranian side “provide Russia with advanced military equipment”, the Russian Federation does the same thing “on the issue of Iran”.