🔺 War in Ukraine: Russia has accused Israel of backing Kyiv’s “neo-Nazi regime” in an escalating diplomatic clash that could see Jerusalem abandon its policy of neutrality towards the war in Ukraine
The row was triggered by a claim from Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign secretary, that“So what if [President] Zelensky is Jewish?” he told Italian television. “The fact does not negate the Nazi elements in Ukraine. I believe that Hitler also had Jewish blood . . . some of the worst antisemites are Jews.”
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