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Source: https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-720056
How Can Israel Help Ukraine without Sending Military Equipment?
(Jerusalem Post) Seth J. Frantzman - Russia has threatened that if Israel supplies arms to Ukraine, this will destroy relations with Moscow. Sending sensitive, expensive and advanced Israeli air defenses to Ukraine may be difficult, in part because of their cost and also due to concerns about them falling into Russia's hands, or provoking Moscow to retaliate in Syria. Meanwhile, Russia is increasingly using Iranian drones to strike Ukraine, and Iran may be readying to supply missiles to Russia as well. Israel has confronted Iranian weapons trafficking in the region in the past and could aid Ukraine by advising on how to stop the drones before they end up in Russia's hands. Israel's knowledge of the drone threat can relate to detection; details about drone flight paths and radar signatures; or other methods that help air defenders. Iran's supply of drones to Russia illustrates how the threat to Israel is now a threat that is expanding to the borders of Europe. Israel can aid Ukraine in dealing with these threats without sending expensive, complex, advanced military hardware - the kind of hardware that Western countries are often careful about exporting.