Ukraine-Russia Tensions

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Israel packs up Ukraine field hospital
May 1, 2022
Some 6,000 patients were treated in the Kochav Meir hospital since it opened its doors on March 21; Israeli humanitarian assistance to Ukraine to continue.
The Israeli field hospital in Mostyska, Ukraine. Photo by Naama Frank Azriel.
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Genesis Philanthropy Group commits $10 million for Ukrainian Jews
March 1, 2022
“As we watch with great distress the scenes coming from Ukraine, we see it as our duty to help Jews in danger,” said GPG Chairman Gennady Gazin.
Ukraine conflict. Credit: Steve Evans/Flickr.
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Thousands attend Tel Aviv protest against Russian invasion of Ukraine
February 27, 2022
“We stand with the people of Ukraine and hope for an immediate end to this war,” says NGO StandWithUs on Facebook, along with a photo of the event.
Demonstrators carry signs and flags during a protest in Tel Aviv against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Feb. 26, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
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Jewish Agency opens six ‘aliyah’-processing complexes on Ukraine borders
February 27, 2022
The stations for facilitating immigration to Israel are located in Poland, Moldova, Romania and Hungary, the agency said.
New immigrants to Israel en route from Lviv to the border-crossing with Poland, Feb. 26, 2022. Credit: Jewish Agency for Israel.
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Israeli medical-rescue team heads to Ukraine: Watch
February 27, 2022
The delegation consists of 15 medical personnel and a representative of the Sheba Beyond virtual hospital.
United Hatzalah team leaves for Moldova on Feb. 26, 2022. Credit: United Hatzalah.
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Kyiv’s Jewish community watches with apprehension as Russia attacks Ukraine
Israel KasnettFebruary 24, 2022
“There are no bomb shelters, organized information or help from the government like we are used to in Israel,” said Inna Markovitch, wife of Kyiv’s chief rabbi. “People are being advised to go to metro stations which are deep underground, but we live 20 minutes away from the closest metro station.”
Maidan Independence Square with Hotel Ukraine. Credit: Milan Sommer/Shutterstock.
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Russia invades Ukraine; 8,000 Israelis remain in the area
February 24, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a “special military operation,” threatening “consequences that you never have had before in your history” should any nation intervene • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has declared martial law.
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Credit: Shutterstock.
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Clifford D. MayFebruary 23, 2022
Putin’s winter war
A strategy to contain him should have been implemented years ago.
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Ukraine’s Jewish community on edge as Russia invades country
Israel KasnettFebruary 22, 2022
Chief Rabbi Yaakov Bleich told JNS that the Jews “are part of the general community. What’s good for Ukraine is good for the Jews of Ukraine. What’s bad for Ukraine is bad for the Jews of Ukraine.”
Jewish adults and children at a frozen lake in the city of Uman, in central Ukraine, on Jan. 26, 2022. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.
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Dan SchueftanFebruary 22, 2022
Ukraine’s rude awakening
The Ukrainians are learning a crucial lesson that Israel already has: Western democracies cannot be relied upon.
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Unmarked tanks reported in Donetsk; UK premier: Putin has ‘torn up international law’
February 22, 2022
The United Kingdom will “immediately” institute sanctions to “target Russian economic interests as hard as we can,” says British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
A Russia-backed rebel convoy near Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, May 30, 2015. Credit: Mstyslav Chernov via Wikimedia Commons.
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Fiamma NirensteinFebruary 22, 2022
A disastrous Iran deal in the making
The developing war in Ukraine is drawing America’s attention away from Iran's pursuit of nuclear hegemony.
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