Israel's diplomat calls Russian support of Iran 'unacceptable'
Photo: Michael Brodsky, Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine (Vitalii Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
Iran is a terrorist country, and any assistance to it from Russia is completely unacceptable for Israel, says Israel’s ambassador to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.
According to him, Israel has never approved of military-technical cooperation between Russia and Iran.
“We spoke openly to Russia about this. We consider Iran to be a terrorist state. ... and any assistance to Iran is absolutely unacceptable to us,” Brodsky said.
He noted that he had not seen active military assistance either last June or now.
“There were many statements, there was a lot of criticism, but words are words, and actions do not always match words,” the ambassador added.
Russian president Vladimir Putin met with Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian, and Hamas members were received in Moscow.
“As for the visit of the Hamas delegation to Moscow, this is not merely unacceptable; for us, it constitutes indirect support for terrorists,” Brodsky noted.
Answering a question about why Israel cannot issue a protest note when Moscow hosts its main enemy, the ambassador said that his country is doing everything to convey its message.
“Diplomacy is good because it has its own set of tools. You choose which tool to use depending on the situation. It was decided to deliver the message not through an official note, but in another way. And the message was conveyed to the Russian leadership in the form that was appropriate,” he added.
Russia helps Iran
In early March, The Washington Post wrote that Russia provides Iran with information about the location of US military facilities in the Middle East.
The US, commenting on this information, initially said that it supposedly did not matter, since Iranian forces had already been defeated.
US presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff said that Russian president Vladimir Putin denied such rumors in a conversation with US president Donald Trump.
Later, the American leader suggested that Russia is “helping a little bit” Iran, but justified Putin, citing the war in Ukraine.
On March 15, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia had provided Iran with drones and information about American military bases.
Also, according to Zelenskyy, Moscow not only actively supports Tehran with drones and air defense systems but could also send its own troops to Iran.
