Ukraine Israel relations

Under Ukraine pressure, Israel blocks suspect Russian grain ship

"The Russian supplier of the cargo will have to find an alternative destination to unload it," read a statement issued by Israel’s Grain Importers Association.

View of the Haifa port in the Northern Israeli city of Haifa, November 17, 2024.
Then-deputy justice minister of Ukraine Iryna Mudra talks to the media in the Berlaymont, the EU Commission headquarters, February 4, 2025

Ukraine optimistic on Russia peace, but not at any price, Kyiv official Iryna Mudra tells 'Post'

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar met with Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Taras Kachka.

FM Sa'ar meets Ukrainian deputy PM, pushes for designation of Hamas, IRGC as terror orgs.

Oleksii Goncharenko with Amir Ohana in the Knesset on November 11, 2025

Bridging the Black Sea and the Middle East: Ukrainian MP urges stronger cooperation with Israel


Israeli ambassador to remain in Kyiv, help Israelis return - Foreign Ministry

“Every effort must be made for Israelis to understand that late rescue can be complicated and dangerous,” Yair Lapid tweeted.

Michael Brodsky was nominated to be Israel's ambassador in Kyiv, in 2020.

Israel will feel repercussions from Ukraine - analysis

When it comes to Russia, the drill of having to balance heart and mind is one Israel knows all too well.

 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Moscow in September.

Israel has secret plan to rescue Ukrainian Jews in event of Russian invasion

The Minister of Aliyah is preparing to rescue and bring in approximately 200,000 potential Olim from Ukraine, in case of a Russian attack on Ukraine.

 People arrive at Ben Gurion Airport on February 13 from Ukraine.

Israel calls on all citizens to leave Ukraine immediately

The echelon of Israeli leades, the IDF and the Foreign Ministry are all planning evacuation scenarios for Israelis in Ukraine.

 People take part in the Unity March, which is a procession to demonstrate Ukrainians' patriotic spirit amid growing tensions with Russia, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 12, 2022.

Israeli tech firms have much to lose in Ukraine

In recent years Ukraine has become a type of proxy for Israel's tech sector, as companies struggle to hire staff.

 A woman passes by a T-34 tank and other Soviet-era military vehicles while practising nordic walking in a park in the rebel-held city of Donetsk, Ukraine January 27, 2022.

Ukraine's Jews warned to be ready for evacuation if Russia invades

US rejects Moscow’s demand that NATO pull back as Biden threatens Putin with personal sanctions.

 The synagogue at Anatevka which is modelled on a real synagogue from the 19th century.

Ukrainian’s views on Israel generally positive – survey

"The results of the survey illustrate what we knew about the attitude of the Ukrainian public towards Israel," said Michael Brodsky, Israel's ambassador to Ukraine.

 Ukraine's biggest national flag on the country's highest flagpole and the giant 'Motherland' monument

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