Russia accuses Israel of backing ‘neo-Nazis’ in Kyiv as diplomatic row grows
by Andrew Roth, and Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#5YV07)
Moscow hits back at Israeli criticism of Sergei Lavrov's claim that Adolf Hitler had Jewish blood'
Russia has accused Israel of supporting the neo-Nazi regime" in Kyiv as it escalates a diplomatic row with one of the few close US allies that decided not to join in sanctions against the Kremlin or send lethal military aid to Ukraine.
The dispute over remarks by Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, who said in an interview that Adolf Hitler had Jewish blood" and that the most rabid antisemites tend to be Jews", has threatened to unsettle Israel's careful position over Russia's war in Ukraine.
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