Unknown make provocation against Ukrainian cultural center in Tel Aviv

"It remains only to guess what anti-Semitic and Ukrainophobic provocateurs tried to achieve with this trick. The Kremlin, losing its influence in the region, is trying to spread destructiveness in any way," the statement said.

It is reported that the provocateurs took advantage of the nighttime to launch the attack on the Ukrainian cultural center in Tel Aviv.

The Ukrainian diplomatic mission added that an investigation is currently underway. The Embassy staff hopes that local law enforcement authorities will find the vandals and take appropriate action against the offenders.

"Ukraine supported and supports Israel's right to self-defense and defense of its own population and territories, and Russian provocateurs will not succeed in sowing discord in the friendly relations between the Ukrainian and Israeli peoples," the Embassy of Ukraine in Israel emphasized.

Photo: Provocation on the Ukrainian Cultural Center building in Tel Aviv (facebook.com UkraineInIsrael)

Ukraine-Israel relations

Diplomatic relations between the countries have always been positive. Since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Israel has supported Ukraine in its fight against Russian forces.

At the same time, Israel has taken a position different from that of most global democracies. On the one hand, it condemns aggression and supports the struggle of the Ukrainian people, but on the other, it has not been willing to go beyond humanitarian assistance.

After the military escalation in Israel in 2023, Ukraine was one of the first countries to support the Israeli people in their fight against terrorists officially.

Earlier, Michael Brodsky, Ambassador of Israel in Ukraine, in a comment to RBC-Ukraine, shared that the countries cooperate, including in military matters, but the details of this cooperation are kept secret.