Ukraine receives Patriot air defence system from Israel, two more on the way

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1. Worth noting that Ukraine gets nothing from the Arabs.

2. Yet another reminder that Russian aggression against Ukraine and Iranian aggression against Israel are one and the same.

   [Iran and Russia Enter A New Level of Military Cooperation](https://www.stimson.org/2024/iran-and-russia-enter-a-new-level-of-military-cooperation/)

   [How Iran’s drones supercharged Russia’s 1,000-day fight in Ukraine](https://www.iranintl.com/en/202411197064)

   [Iran transfers ballistic missiles to Russia, sources say](https://edition.cnn.com/2024/09/06/politics/iran-transfers-ballistic-missiles-russia)

   [Iran parliament approves strategic pact with Russia](https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/iran-parliament-approves-strategic-pact-with-russia-2025-05-21/)

   [Hamas Says Russia ‘Our Closest Friend’](https://www.newsweek.com/hamas-russia-israel-gaza-strip-hostages-1838886)

   [In a Worldwide War of Words, Russia, China and Iran Back Hamas](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/03/technology/israel-hamas-information-war.html)

   Russia, Iran, China and North Korea are all waging a single global war against the free and democratic world. Ukraine, Israeli, Taiwan and South Korea are on the front lines against them, defending democracy against authoritarian aggression.

3. Israel look after themselves. They also desire stable relations with Moscow so not to cut off the flow of Jews immigrating from Russia.

   They have long been reluctant to help Ukraine, and Patriot batteries are not cheap. The only reason I can think of them doing this because of the White House pressuring them, and Bibi is eager to remain in Trump’s good graces after isolating Israel diplomatically with his Gaza shenanigans.

   That lends some evidence to the idea that Trump is no longer seeing eye-to-eye with Putin.

4. Am I wrong in remembering that Israel refused to send these months ago?

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