Ukraine pressures Israel to sell its Iron Dome missile defense system

• The Ukrainian envoy is pleading with Israel to sell its Iron Dome rocket interceptor system.
• It urges to deliver anti-tank missiles to protect people from Russian invasion.
• Israel turned down a US request for Germany to deliver Israeli-licensed “Spike” anti-tank missiles to Ukraine.

The Ukrainian envoy is pleading with Israel to sell its Iron Dome rocket interceptor system and deliver anti-tank missiles to protect people from Russian invasion.

Yevgen Korniychuk, speaking at a news conference in Tel Aviv, said Ukraine wants to buy the Iron Dome system and that the US would not object.

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Last week, Israel turned down a US request for Germany to deliver Israeli-licensed “Spike” anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, according to Korniychuk.

Israel has limited its assistance to Ukraine to humanitarian supplies, and early this year was the only country operating a field hospital inside the country.

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