Israel may refuse to supply weapons to Ukraine, citing its own defense needs in the Middle East, but behind the scenes it appears to be helping Kyiv. Moreover, in an attempt to maintain an even distance between Ukraine and Russia and not anger the Kremlin, Israel appears to be more active than it appears.

The latest evidence was the bombing of a drone factory over the weekend, which, however, did not deal a tangible blow, as one might assume. It is possible that Iran is constantly on Israel’s radar and that the latter, in cooperation with the United States, is doing everything possible to limit Tehran’s nuclear and military ambitions, as well as its cooperation with Moscow, but the strike, which all seems to have been orchestrated by Israeli forces helping Ukraine, depriving Russian forces of one of its key weapons, Shahed-136. And this is not the first time since the start of the war in Ukraine in February last year, Israel has repeatedly attacked military facilities in Tehran, which mainly produce missiles and drones.

“This is a deliberate triple whammy where Israel can harm Iran, help Ukraine, and not risk its strategic interests in Syria or risk diverting its secret military technology to Russia and Iran,” he told the Wall Street Journal Mark Dubovitz, the Foundation’s managing director. for Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based think tank.

Meanwhile, when the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper asked Israeli Ambassador to Berlin Ron Pressor last Friday why Israel, while providing humanitarian aid to Ukraine, does not do the same with military equipment, although President Zelensky, who is also Jewish, asked Israel: he replied: “It’s not so easy. We have Russians in Syria. As you know, the Israeli military regularly blocks the supply of weapons from Iran to Syria and Lebanon. These include Iranian drones and missiles used by Russia in Ukraine. So we help – albeit behind the scenes and much more than is known. We also have a large Jewish community in Russia. These are the two main reasons why we remain in the shadows.”

However, Iran, for its part, described the attack as a “cowardly” attempt to destabilize the country, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian: “Such actions will not affect the determination of our experts to continue our peaceful nuclear work.”

The Kremlin condemned Sunday’s attack on a military plant in Iran and said it was analyzing the incident. “In any case, such actions against a sovereign state can only be condemned,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.