Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnkyy has said that Israel has sent a Patriot defence system to Ukraine, and it is in operation in Kyiv.
He said his country will also receive two more patriot launchers this autumn, but did not specify where they were coming from and who was initiating the transfer.
The move has surprised the Russian side, which believed that the Patriot systems were hard to acquire for Ukraine, given the cost and lengthy process it requires.
Though Ukraine in the UN General Assembly voted in favour of the ceasefire resolution calling for an end to the Israeli occupation of some of the Palestinian territories.
While the Israeli government under Netanyahu sent aid to Ukraine early in the conflict, the complexity of the Ukrainian crisis can be understood from the fact that Israel rejects Western sanctions on Russia while supplying weapons to Ukraine.
Ukraine’s position is also confounding, as Ukraine welcomes weapons aid from Israel, but at the same time, it calls for an end to the occupation and a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Moreover, it sided with Russia against Ukraine on a UN resolution reaffirming Ukraine's territorial integrity.
More recently, however, Netanyahu's government has distanced itself from Moscow as Russia pursues closer ties with Iran.
Meanwhile, Ukraine has continued its attacks on the Russian oil and energy infrastructure, as Kyiv drones have hit some of the oil and gas production facilities in recent days.
Russia's oil sector has long been considered key to its war machine, as many nations around the world, including some EU members, keep financing Moscow by purchasing cheap Russian oil and gas.
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