After Lapid call, Zelensky says he’s counting on Israel to join sanctions against Russia

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says he expects Israel to take part in international sanctions on Russia over its invasion of his country, after speaking with Prime Minister Yair Lapid.

“I count on his country’s accession to the sanctions on Russia and provision of practical assistance to Ukraine in countering the aggression of the Russian Federation,” Zelensky writes on Twitter.

He also notes it was his first phone call with Lapid, who became premier in June after then-prime minister Naftali Bennett resigned following the collapse of the government.

I've held the first telephone conversation with the new Prime Minister of Israel @yairlapid. I count on his country’s accession to the sanctions on Russia and provision of practical assistance to Ukraine in countering the aggression of the Russian Federation.

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 1, 2022