Israel didn’t advise Ukraine to agree to Russian demands: Ukrainian official

Ukraine on Saturday rejected media reports that the Israeli prime minister advised the Ukrainian president to agree to Russia’s conditions to end the ongoing war.

Citing a Ukrainian official, reports in Walla and Haaretz on Friday claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett advised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to accept Russia’s demands.

Rejecting the reports, Mikhail Podolyak, a top aide of the Ukrainian president, said on Twitter Bennett that “does NOT offer Ukraine to agree to any demands of the Russian Federation.”

“On the contrary, Israel urges Russia to assess the events more adequately,” Podolyak said.