Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has dismissed a report that the country stopped the US selling the Iron Dome missile defence system to Ukraine, APA reports citing BBC.
The press service of the Israeli Prime Minister told the BBC that they were not aware of any appeals in this regard.
Note that Ukraine's government expressed an interest in purchasing Iron Dome after last year's conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, when batteries were said to have intercepted 90% of the rockets that crossed into Israeli territory and were headed for populated areas.
The system was developed jointly by Israel and the US, and an agreement doesn't allow for sales to third parties without mutual consent.
The Ynet news website reports that Israeli officials informed their US counterparts that they couldn't agree to a request to sell Iron Dome to Ukraine because of the risk of confrontation with Russia, which has forces deployed in neighbouring Syria.
However, Bennett’s spokesperson has told the BBC that they were "not familiar with any such request".
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