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Israel summons Ukrainian ambassador

10 December 2025 21:23 (UTC +04:00)

Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk was summoned to the Foreign Ministry today after criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with Ynet yesterday over the premier’s comments this week on his regular communications with Russian President Vladimir Putin, APA reports citing Times of Israel.

The ministry says in a statement that the envoy was summoned “for a reprimand meeting” with the deputy director general for Euro-Asia, Yuval Fuchs, after he “criticized the prime minister’s remarks regarding his conversations with the Russian president” in the interview.

Fuchs “made clear to the ambassador that his comments were entirely unacceptable and deviated from diplomatic protocol. Moreover, the ambassador’s remarks ignore Israel’s clear position since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine – a position demonstrated, among other things, by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar’s visit to Kyiv this year and Israel’s votes at the United Nations,” the statement continues.