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Thursday, February 24, 2022
Amid Russian invasion of Ukraine, Lapid speaks with Blinken
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken about the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“I expressed concern for the safety of Israelis trying to leave Ukraine and updated the secretary of state on Israel’s [planned] humanitarian aid to Ukraine,” Lapid writes on Twitter.
“The Secretary of State updated me on the steps the United States is taking at this stage and we have agreed to continue talking in the coming days,” he adds.