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What Matters Most On Friday, February 25, 2022

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Zelensky says 137 Ukrainians killed; UK: 450 Russians dead

Russian army closes in on Kyiv after ‘horrific’ rocket blitz on civilian areas

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Videos said to show plane shot down over capital; in emotional speech, Zelensky accuses Russia of targeting civilians, praises Ukrainians’ ‘heroism’; NATO leaders to talk

A man walks past a damaged vehicle and debris following Russian shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Thursday, February 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Zelensky laments Ukraine ‘left alone’ to face Russian invasion, 137 killed on Day 1

A man clears debris at a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit, on February 25, 2022. (Daniel LEAL/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Rejecting US evacuation offer, Zelensky says: I need anti-tank ammo, ‘not a ride’

Heavy fighting reported in Kyiv’s Shuliavka neighborhood, near zoo, Ukraine military says it repulsed major attack on base; president warns Russia planning to take city overnight

4:38 am

US officials say 2 Russian transport planes shot down over Ukraine
4:30 am

Rejecting US evacuation offer, Zelensky says I need anti-tank ammo, 'not a ride'
3:33 am

US said ready to evacuate Zelensky to safety, but Ukraine leader refusing to go

PM talks with Ukraine’s Zelensky, again refrains from condemning Russia in statement

By Lazar Berman and Judah Ari Gross

Bennett offers humanitarian aid as Russian army reaches capital Kyiv; Ukrainian president reportedly initiated call

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett poses for a picture at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 26, 2022; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the nation in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 24, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90; Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

A police officer stands guard at a damaged residential building at Koshytsa Street, on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, where a military shell allegedly hit, on February 25, 2022. (GENYA SAVILOV / AFP)

Israel pledges NIS 10 million in aid to Ukrainian Jews amid Russian onslaught

By Judah Ari Gross

AnalysisWhy Israel is having trouble picking sides in Russia’s war on Ukraine

Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, gives a statement to the media on the Russian invasion to the Ukraine, in Tel Aviv, February 25, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90)

Ukrainian envoy says Israel should use influence in Moscow to negotiate with Russia

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Ambassador Yevgen Korniychuk says Ukraine understands Israel can make no military contribution after Russia’s Ukraine invasion, but wants Jerusalem to aid communication

Defense Minister Benny Gantz (left), Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (center), and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attend a plenum session in the Knesset, on January 31, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israeli leaders discuss Russian invasion implications, prepare to help Ukraine Jews

By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff

Damaged radar arrays and other equipment is seen at Ukrainian military facility outside Mariupol, Ukraine, on February 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

US official: Russia seeking to ‘decapitate’ Ukrainian government, install new regime

By AFP

Lenny Ben-David

Israel’s strategic vs. humane choice in Ukraine

Why hasn’t the Israeli government condemned Russia and armed Ukraine with weapons such as the Iron Dome?

I refresh Twitter and want to scream: so many are rooting for Putin, so many are silent. And that land under attack is mine, even if I never set foot there again

Jeffrey R. Cohen

I was taken hostage in Colleyville and I’ll never let racism slide again

Our attacker had clearly bathed in racist tropes about my community. Ignoring slurs is dangerous: like sticks and stones, words do hurt us

Ilana Sober Elzufon

The women’s precious gifts, made with consummate skill

The men had donated their own jewelry to make the Golden Calf, but the women were righteous, and committed theirs to the Tabernacle, with love (Vayakhel)

Hundreds of Israelis flee Ukraine by land, as Lapid orders to keep embassy in Lviv

By Lazar Berman

Three buses take people from Lviv to Poland, as embassy staff instruct thousands of citizens by phone on how to get out of Ukraine

Israelis leaving Ukraine next an embassy bus evacuating citizens from Lviv to Poland. (Courtesy: Israeli Embassy in Ukraine)

People from neighboring Ukraine rest at a train station that was turned into an accommodation center in Przemysl, Poland, on February 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

‘Save us!’: Hundreds of Israelis stuck in Ukraine call Foreign Ministry hotline

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, near the Kremlin Wall during the national celebrations of the 'Defender of the Fatherland Day' in Moscow, Russia, on February 23, 2022. (Alexei Nikolsky, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin claims West ‘forced’ him to invade Ukraine by rejecting security demands

Demonstrators carry placards and flags during a protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, outside the Russian Embassy in Tel Aviv, on February 24, 2022. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

‘Putin is the new Hitler’: Israelis protest invasion outside Russian embassy

By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff

Police arrest 4 over graffiti on outer wall of diplomatic mission; hundreds also gather by Russian consulate in Haifa

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on February 1, 2022. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

ExplainerHow Putin distorts WWII, Holocaust to justify invasion of Ukraine

By Tia Goldenberg

A demonstrator holds a placard as she attends a demonstration outside Downing Street, in London, February 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Macron warns Russian invasion of Ukraine a ‘turning point’ in European history

By AFP

US President Joe Biden speaks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 24, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Imposing new sanctions, Biden vows to turn Putin into ‘pariah’ for unjustifiable war

By AP and ToI Staff

Measures target Russian banks, oligarchs, high-tech sectors, but not Russian leader; Biden stresses no US military forces will be sent to Ukraine, but NATO states will be defended

EU leaders talk prior to a round table during an emergency European Union (EU) summit at The European Council Building in Brussels, on February 24, 2022, on the situation in Ukraine after Russia launched an invasion. (Olivier Hoslet/Pool/AFP)

EU leaders agree on ‘massive’ sanctions against Russia after invasion of Ukraine

By AFP

A woman walks by an exchange office screen showing the currency exchange rates of US Dollar and Euro to Russian Rublesin Moscow, on February 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr)

US and Europe hold off imposing key financial sanction against Moscow

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, Josh Boak and Ken Sweet

Alina Feoktistova at the Tikva Jewish education complex of Rabbi Shlomo Baksht and his wife Hasi in Odessa, Ukraine, November 2, 2019. (Cnaan Liphshiz/JTA)

Odessa’s rabbi, responsible for 250 kids in 3 orphanages, opts to hunker down

By Cnaan Liphshiz

‘We’re not going to move children from one place being bombed to another being bombed,’ says Shlomo Baksht, as invasion worsens precarious existence for many of Ukraine’s Jews

With friends missing and relatives trapped, Israelis worried by ‘apathy’ in Ukraine

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Who are Ukraine’s Jews, and how is Russia’s invasion affecting them?

By Gabe Friedman

Firefighters work on a fire on a building that was bombed by Russia in the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv, on February 24, 2022. (Aris Messinis/AFP)

Israelis prepare aid packages, relief teams for Ukraine amid Russian onslaught

By Judah Ari Gross

Both the government of Israel and private organizations plan to send assistance to Ukrainian Jews and to refugees fleeing to neighboring countries

Ukrainian Jews visit Jerusalem as part of a Birthright Israel program in February 2022. (Birthright Israel)

26 young Ukrainian Jews visiting Israel stranded as Russia invades their country

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: People seen in the city of Uman, in central Ukraine, on January 26, 2022. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

Ukraine begins evacuating Uman, site of annual Hasidic pilgrimage

‘Russian warship, go f*ck yourself’: Ukraine troops killed guarding strategic island

All 13 border guards stationed at remote Zmiinyi Island refuse to surrender to invading Russians; they will be posthumously awarded Hero of Ukraine medals, president says

Zmiinyi Island, or Snake Island in the Black Sea, on August 26, 2014 (Courtesy/Wikimedia Commons/Мазурок И. Е.)

Olena Kurilo stands outside a hospital after the bombing of the eastern Ukraine town of Chuguiv, on February 24, 2022, as Russian armed forces attempt to invade Ukraine from several directions, using rocket systems and helicopters to attack Ukrainian position in the south, the border guard service said. (Aris Messinis/AFP)

Ukrainian who survived Russia missile strike says ‘guardian angel’ kept her alive

By AFP and ToI Staff

In this handout photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov listens to the UN special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, right back to a camera, during their talks in Moscow, Russia, February 23, 2022. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia’s foreign minister repeats false claim Moscow aims to ‘denazify’ Ukraine

By AFP

Lavrov says Russia willing to talk to Kyiv if it lays down arms; angrily dismisses reporter who asks why troops entering capital

Police officers detain a demonstrator during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Moscow on February 24, 2022 (Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

UN condemns arrest of more than 1,800 Russian anti-war protesters

By AFP

Police officers detain a woman during a protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Moscow, on February 24, 2022. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP)

Nearly 1,400 detained at anti-war rallies across Russia, as troops invade Ukraine

Illustrative: A caricature depicting Nazi leader Adolf Hitler seemingly giving his approval to Russian President Vladimir Putin, tweeted by the official Ukrainian Twitter account, February 24, 2022. (Screenshot of Ukraine's official Twitter account)

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Feb. 25 – Ukraine crisis: Focus on Jewish communities & Nazi labels

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman and Diaspora affairs reporter Judah Ari Gross give the latest updates on the humanitarian and geopolitical crisis

The giant protective dome built over the sarcophagus covering the destroyed fourth reactor of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, April 13, 2021. (Sergei Supinsky/ AFP/ File)

Chernobyl radiation rise detected as Russia military kicks up dust, says nuke agency

Ukraine’s State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate says higher than usual gamma radiation levels caused by heavy military equipment disturbing topsoil at decommissioned nuclear plant

Ukrainian servicemen stand near an armored personnel carrier BTR-3 on the northwest of Kyiv, on February 24, 2022. (Daniel Leal/AFP)

Ukraine loses control of Chernobyl nuclear site, amid battles in Kyiv outskirts

Employees stand inside the New Safe Confinement (NSC) new metal dome designed and built by French consortium Novarka encasing the destroyed reactor at Chernobyl plant on July 10, 2019, in Chernobyl. (Sergei Supinsky/AFP)

Still leaking radioactivity, Chernobyl back in Russian hands 36 years after disaster

Analysis

Will reverberations of Russia’s Ukraine invasion reach the Vienna nuclear talks?

Degree of Putin’s frustration with US opposition to his incursion will dictate whether he prioritizes deal to prevent nuclearized neighbor over effort to push back against the West

TV cameras in front of the 'Grand Hotel Vienna,' where closed-door nuclear talks take place in Vienna, Austria, on June 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Florian Schroetter)

This photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, on February 19, 2022, shows a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile being launched from an airfield during military drills. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

After Putin highlights Russia’s nukes, France retorts: NATO is a nuclear alliance

By AFP

Rapper, writer and dream interpreter Shaanan Streett (Courtesy)

Times Will Tell

Podcast: Hadag Nahash’s Shaanan Streett talks music, words and dreams

The Israeli rapper muses about 25 years with his hip hop band, his new book and the mysteries of Jerusalem

The team of monday.com opens trade on Nasdaq; June 10, 2021 (Nasdaq)

Israeli tech firms could attract buyers as valuations get a battering, analyst says

By Shoshanna Solomon

As threat of higher interest rates looms, investors shun riskier tech assets for more traditional firms; global stock markets suffer sell-off amid Russian invasion of Ukraine

'Jackass' founder Johnny Knoxville found Rachel Wolfson (right) through her standup comedy and social media presence. (Paramount Pictures)

Interview

Rachel Wolfson of ‘Jackass Forever’ on being the 1st Jew (and woman) in stunt series

By Stephen Silver

Stock image of an ice cream in a cone (Courtesy Leggenda)

Love or hate it, mint chocolate has churned its way into Israeli cones

By Jessica Steinberg

More Headlines

Illustrative: IDF soldiers stand guard during a search in the West Bank village of Yatta, on June 15, 2016. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

IDF soldiers shoot Palestinian who threw a bomb at troops in West Bank

Arnon Milchan poses for photographers upon arrival at the premiere of the film 'Widows,' showing as part of the opening gala of the BFI London Film Festival in London, on October 10, 2018. (Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)

Arnon Milchan, witness in Netanyahu trial, said avoiding coming to Israel to testify

President Isaac Herzog meets in Athens with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, on February 24, 2022. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

Meeting Greek leaders in Athens, Herzog stops short of criticizing Russia on Ukraine

By Tal Schneider

A ceremony after the largest-ever police operation against illegal gun dealers, in Tel Aviv, on November 9, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Police declare significant decrease in Arab Israeli crime amid major op

By Emanuel Fabian

The pop surrealist art of Dutch artist Leon Keer, whose distorted teapot mural now decorates a wall in Old Jaffa, dedicated on February 24, 2022 (Courtesy Meijler Art)

Off the wall3D cracked teapot street mural augments reality in Old Jaffa

By Jessica Steinberg

US President Joe Biden arrives to speak about the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the East Room of the White House, on Thursday, February 24, 2022, in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Full text of Biden’s speech on Ukraine: ‘Putin chose this war,’ will pay the price

Demonstrators protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on February 24, 2022. (Robyn Beck / AFP)

Jewish communities pray for peace after Russian invasion of Ukraine

People hide in a bomb shelter in Kyiv in the early hours of February 25, 2022.(Sergei Chuzavkov/AFP)

Facebook lets Ukrainians lock their pages amid Russia ‘kill list’ fears

By AFP

Illustrative: The opening day session of the Kentucky State Legislature in Frankfort, on January 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

2 Kentucky lawmakers apologize for saying ‘Jew them down’

File - A Pantsir anti-aircraft missile system, left, guards the air space above 'Saint Petersburg' stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 12, 2018 (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)

Russia stripped of Champions League final over invasion of Ukraine

Zohar Sharon, left and Roi Oppenheim of The Revolution Orchestra, currently performing 'The Roosters -- The Remix' over several dates in March 2022 (Courtesy The Revolution Orchestra)

Fowl playIsraeli folk band ‘The Roosters’ get new life with orchestral mashup

By Jessica Steinberg

Flag bearers walk into the stadium for the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

IOC condemns Russia for violating ‘Olympic Truce’ with Ukraine invasion

By AFP

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