TSAMTO, May 26. Israel has rejected a US request to allow Berlin to supply Ukraine with Spike anti-tank missiles manufactured in Germany using Israeli technology.
This, as RIA Novosti reports, is reported by the Axios portal with reference to American and Israeli officials.
According to the portal, the Director General of the Israeli Defense Ministry, Amir Eshel, visited Washington two weeks ago for talks on security cooperation. US Deputy Defense Minister for Policy Colin Kahl asked a colleague if Germany could transfer Spike anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, which are manufactured at an Israeli enterprise in the country (according to the license, Israel must approve any transfer of these weapons to a third party).
A. Eshel refused the request, saying that the country would supply Kiev with only non-lethal military equipment. According to the source, Israel fears that Russian soldiers may die due to the use of weapons produced by it. This could lead to Moscow "damaging" Israel's interests in Syria, the source told Axios.
