Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told FRANCE 24's Marc Perelman that "Russia benefits from the war in the Middle East". However, he said that Ukraine's partners were "confident" that "politically", the Israel-Hamas conflict "should not overshadow what is happening in Ukraine". He also voiced optimism that US backing for Kyiv would remain steadfast despite "dissenting voices" and the looming US presidential campaign.
Kuleba stressed that while Ukraine stood by Israel in the wake of the brutal Hamas attack, it was a "distorted assessment" to say that Kyiv was biased towards Israel. He called upon "all sides, both in Israel and in Palestine", to "respect the civilian population, to avoid casualties among the civilian population and to respect the status of critical civilian infrastructure".
