Published: 19 April 2022
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Russia summons Israeli envoy after Lapid backs its suspension from UN Rights Council, Russian dissidents fleeing Putin’s regime join Ukrainians in Israel.
Russia summons Israeli envoy after Lapid's 'regrettable' remarks on Ukraine war (Haaretz)
Incident comes days after Russian Foreign Ministry criticised 'anti-Russia' statements by Foreign Minister Lapid, claiming that Israel is using Ukraine as 'distraction' from the Palestinian issue
Russia hits out at Lapid for backing its suspension from UN rights council (Times of Israel)
Moscow’s foreign ministry accuses FM of ‘anti-Russian attack,’ claims Israel using invasion of Ukraine to ‘distract’ from conflict with Palestinians
Fleeing Putin’s regime, Russian dissidents join Ukrainian refugees in Israel (Times of Israel)
Around 10,000 Russians have immigrated to Israel since the war began, alongside close to 24,000 Ukrainian refugees who have landed in Tel Aviv during the same period
'Directors, designers, advisers, they're all here': the Russian elites fleeing the war to Israel (Haaretz)
Photo: Mass grave exhumed in Bucha, Ukraine (Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM)