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The resolution, supported by 141 of the assembly’s 193 members, demanded that Moscow end the fighting immediately and withdraw its military forces.

Tehran and Moscow are coordinating their positions at the highest levels, and are even deliberating with regard to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action as the Vienna talks enter their final stretch.

Roman Brodsky, 37, was shot by Ukrainian forces after being mistaken for a Chechen fighter • Israeli premier: “We are continuing to do everything to help Israelis return home.”

Why is the United States—Israel’s “greatest ally”—so obsessed with a nuclear deal if it is not effective, cannot be monitored, and will ultimately hurt Israel and others in the region?

Israel, which has long maintained warm relations with both countries, has found itself walking a diplomatic tightrope in recent days between expressing support for Ukraine, while not outright condemning Russia’s actions.

The pronouncement comes amid increased tensions between Israel and Russia over the latter’s actions in Ukraine.

“I would like to ask all of the support that you can provide us with here in the U.S. by contacting everyone you can contact, calling for stronger sanctions, but also all the support that you can provide in any of these areas, it will be very much appreciated, because this is existential,” Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova told the National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry.

Moscow recently held a major Mediterranean military exercise; Jerusalem’s situation is a “very difficult challenge,” says former Israeli Ambassador to Russia and Ukraine Zvi Magen.

“The consequences of the crisis, in its diplomatic, economic and security aspects, were reviewed in the discussion,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.

As the international community focuses on the Ukraine-Russia crisis in the U.N. General Assembly, U.S. Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Mills is critical of the diplomatic time and energy that monthly meetings on the Israeli-Palestinian file take up at the Security Council.

Members prepare food supplies, accommodations and emergency medical care for those fleeing the emerging war zone.

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said that Israeli aid workers are positioned at key Ukrainian border crossings to help transfer citizens out of the country.