Zelenskyy and his supporters ask: If you can do it for Israel, why not for Ukraine?

If the United States and its allies can rush to Israel’s defense in the skies, shooting down dozens of drones and missiles fired by Iran, why can’t they do the same for Ukraine — which has suffered under Russia’s missile attacks for more than two years?

That’s the question Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his country’s staunchest backers in the West were asking on Monday, hours after the U.S., the United Kingdom, France and Jordan helped Israel shoot down some 300 drones and missiles fired by Iran in retaliation after Israel killed its senior military commanders in Syria.

“European skies could have received the same level of protection long ago if Ukraine had received similar full support from its partners in intercepting drones and missiles," Zelenskyy wrote Monday evening in a post on X.

  • Toldry@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    7 months ago

    It’s worth supplementing this with his earlier statement from 2 days ago:

    “Ukraine condemns Iran’s attack on Israel using ‘Shahed’ drones and missiles. We in Ukraine know very well the horror of similar attacks by Russia, which uses the same ‘Shahed’ drones and Russian missiles, the same tactics of mass air strikes,”

    “It is critical that the United States Congress make the necessary decisions to strengthen America’s allies at this critical time,” he says.

    • loutrEnglish
      101·
      7 months ago

      Problem is, not everyone in the United States has the same allies.

      • Manmoth@lemmy.mlEnglish
        53·
        7 months ago

        Also that the US has been at war for the past 20+ years and has very little to show for it’s efforts. People are war fatigued and want things sorted out at home because domestically things are terrible.