{"id":1541176,"date":"2025-06-11T17:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1541176"},"modified":"2025-06-11T17:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T21:05:40","slug":"israels-transfer-of-some-us-made-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine-might-harm-ties-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/israels-transfer-of-some-us-made-patriot-missiles-to-ukraine-might-harm-ties-with-russia\/1541176\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel’s Transfer Of Some US-Made Patriot Missiles To Ukraine Might Harm Ties With Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Israel’s Transfer Of Some US-Made Patriot Missiles To Ukraine Might Harm Ties With Russia<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Brodksy\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0that Israel transferred US-made Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine but was\u00a0contradicted<\/a>\u00a0by his Foreign Ministry. They were unconvincing though so ties with Russia might be harmed after its UN envoy\u00a0warned<\/a>\u00a0of \u201ccertain political consequences\u201d last summer if this happened. The region has changed since then after Hezbollah chief Nasrallah was killed, Assad\u00a0fled<\/a>\u00a0Syria, and Iran\u00a0resumed nuclear talks<\/a>\u00a0with the US, however, so such consequences might be limited.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After all, it\u2019s no longer realistic to countenance the scenario of Russia arming Hezbollah, finally allowing Syria to use its S-300s to defend itself from attacking Israeli jets, or providing other forms of indirect support to the Resistance in its regional proxy war with Israel that\u2019s\u00a0now practically lost<\/a>. Those were always far-fetched to begin with, but now they\u2019re less likely than ever, thus suggesting that Russia will probably just file a formal complaint and at most flirt with designating Israel as an \u201cunfriendly country\u201d.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the second possibility can\u2019t be taken for granted seeing as how Israel is\u00a0reportedly lobbying<\/a>\u00a0the US to keep Russia\u2019s bases in Syria as a counterweight of sorts against Turkiye, and the\u00a0recent Trump-Bibi rift<\/a>\u00a0could be taken advantage of to present Putin as a more reliable partner. Moreover, Israel still doesn\u2019t formally comply with the West\u2019s anti-Russian sanctions, yet its leadership might finally relent if Russia officially designates them as \u201cunfriendly\u201d, so the Kremlin will probably tread cautiously.<\/p>\n

The preceding insight contextualizes why Israel waited until now to\u00a0finally transfer<\/a>\u00a0some of its US-made Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine. Considering that the realistic range of Russia\u2019s retaliatory options is now limited, Bibi likely calculated that the harm to bilateral ties will be manageable, ergo why Israel wouldn\u2019t have much to lose by going through with this. <\/strong>As for why he did so, it might be an attempt to curry favor with US hawks, hoping that this can in turn mitigate the consequences of his rift with Trump.<\/p>\n

This unnecessary zero-sum gamble didn\u2019t reap any tangible dividends, however, as evidenced by the continued tensions in their ties. To the contrary, it revealed how desperate Bibi has become that he\u2019d now risk harming ties with Russia with the expectation that this would then return Israel to the US\u2019 good graces, which makes him look worse than before in the eyes of objective observers. The recent pressure has clearly clouded his thoughts otherwise he wouldn\u2019t have done this.<\/p>\n

Trump and his like-minded allies certainly took note of his calculations and might soon exploit them to the hilt, knowing as they do now how desperate Bibi has become and consequently sensing that they might now be able to extract more concessions from Israel than ever.<\/strong> This could take the form of getting Israel to agree to some level of Iranian nuclear enrichment as part of the deal that they\u2019re negotiating with it instead of Israel unilaterally bombing Iran in the scenario that such a deal is reached.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, while Israel\u2019s transfer of some US-made Patriot missiles might harm ties with Russia, it might therefore worsen ties with the US even more if Trump makes politically unacceptable demands of Bibi after sensing how much weaker he\u2019s become as a result of their recent rift. In response, Bibi will either capitulate at the expense of losing more support from his base, or he\u2019ll defy the US at the expense of Israel\u2019s national security if he goes through with bombing Iran but is then hung out to dry by Trump.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 06\/11\/2025 – 13:05<\/span><\/p>\n

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