​A developed Israeli missile detection system that will give Ukrainians more time to take cover from Russian missile attacks is being tested in Kyiv and could be activated within two months, Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel said on Thursday, as quoted by Reuters.

Israel, which rejected Ukraine’s request to provide it with weapons, did not provide details about the missile detection system developed for the Ukrainians.

Ambassador Yevhen Korniychuk reported that the system, which is fed by data from Ukrainian radars, is currently being tested in Kyiv.

• “It allows us to identify various objects, including ballistic missiles, and calculate where they’re going to go, and basically it allows us to shut down certain parts of the country, not the entire country.
• When it is completed, the system will warn residents of areas that may be hit by Russian missiles or drones, either with the help of sirens or with the help of alerts on mobile phones (…) This will allow us to close the Kyiv sector,” he said. Ambassador of Ukraine to Israel.

According to him, the system is currently being tested, specialists are working on its implementation, and it will be operational in Kyiv in a month or two, and then it will probably be implemented in five more cities of Ukraine.

Since the Russian invasion in February 2022, Ukraine has repeatedly called on Israel to equate its humanitarian aid with military aid. Both the previous government and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s current cabinet hesitated, fearing that supplying arms to Ukraine could alienate the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin, which continues to maintain a military presence in Syria.