Ukrainian president compared the effectiveness of Israeli air defense with that of his own country. Volodymyr Zelensky: “As Israel is not a member of NATO, the implementation of article 5 (on common defense) was not required.
So no one was dragged into the war. They just helped protect human lives,” he observed. Like Israel, Ukraine is also not part of NATO. However, just like the Hebrew State this weekend, it is with “Shahed” drones – of Iranian manufacture – that kyiv is regularly attacked, with Russia receiving military support from Tehran. “This attack failed because Israel, the United States and a coalition of other partners committed to Israel's security made it fail,’ the White House said Monday, while Emmanuel Macron admitted that French planes intercepted missiles. The Ukrainian president judged that “it is not rhetoric that protects the sky”, urging Kiev's supporters not to “turn a blind eye to Russian missiles and drones” which are targeting Ukraine.