Israel didn’t advise Ukraine to agree to Russian demands: Ukrainian official
‘On contrary, Israel urges Russia to assess events more adequately,’ says Ukrainian president’s top advisor
ANKARA
Ukraine on Saturday rejected media reports that the Israeli prime minister advised the Ukrainian president to agree to Russia’s conditions to end the ongoing war.
Citing a Ukrainian official, reports in Walla and Haaretz on Friday claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett advised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s demands.
Rejecting the reports, Mikhail Podolyak, a top aide of the Ukrainian president, said on Twitter Bennett that “does NOT offer Ukraine to agree to any demands of the Russian Federation.”
“On the contrary, Israel urges Russia to assess the events more adequately,” Podolyak said.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office also denied the reports.
At least 564 civilians have been killed and 957 injured in Ukraine since the beginning of the war on Feb. 24, the UN said, while indicating that conditions on the ground make it difficult to verify the true number.
More than 2.5 million people have fled to neighboring countries, with about 2 million more estimated to be displaced inside Ukraine, according to the UN refugee agency.
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