A Ukrainian MP who once served in the IDF is calling on Israel to provide Ukraine assistance amid the Russian invasion.
“Our situation is not good right now. We really need help from Israel as well. When I was a soldier in the IDF I provided assistance and now I am calling on the people of Israel to do the same. We need helmets, vests — equipment that has not been needed in Israel for a long time. Please send it to us and help our army and our people here,” Oleksandr Kunytskyi tells Channel 12.
“In Israel, people know what missiles are, what bunkers are, what it is like to have to run when rocket sirens go off. I was in Israel and I also know what it is like,” Konitzky says, adding that he was forced to take shelter amid air raid sirens minutes earlier.
“What’s going to happen in Ukraine is even worse than it was last time in Israel. I very much hope that as many people in Israel as possible see this. We really need the help.”
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