The EC said that an attack on Israel will not affect assistance to Ukraine

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict will not affect the European Union’s military and financial assistance to Ukraine, European Commission spokesman Eric Mamer said at a briefing.

“Nothing can have any impact on EU assistance to Ukraine, there is not an ounce of doubt about that,” answered he answered the corresponding question (quote from TASS).

On the morning of October 7, Hamas began military operations against Israel. The IDF responded by launching Operation Iron Swords, and the Israeli government announced that the country had entered a state of war. Today, the IDF announced the restoration of control over all populated areas of Israel and the transition to the phase of the complete destruction of Hamas.

In response to the attack, Israel requested additional military assistance from the United States. October 8 Pentagon reported about the decision to send an aircraft carrier group led by the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford to the Eastern Mediterranean. Today the Washington Post, citing a source reportedthat Israel has asked the United States to replenish its stockpile of interceptor missiles for the Iron Dome missile defense systems.

Earlier on October 9, press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov statedthat support for Ukraine by Western countries will decrease regardless of the situation in Israel, since technical capabilities have their limits, and money tends to run out. He added that in the special operation zone “everything is going according to plan,” and “the situation in Israel is completely different events.”