Russian former President Dmitry Medvedev has criticized Tel Aviv regime over sending arms to Ukraine warning that the “reckless move” by Israel will destroy relations with Moscow.

The Israeli regime’s diaspora affairs minister Nachman Shai on Monday said that “time has come for Ukraine to receive military aid” from Israeli after repeating the accusation that Iran was sending weapons to Russia, despite firm rejection of such an allegation by Tehran.

Later in the day, Medvedev, currently serving as deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, said that Tel Aviv would destroy all ties with Moscow if it supplied Kiev with weapons to be used against Russia.

“Israel seems to be going to supply weapons to the Kiev regime; a very reckless move. It will destroy all interstate relations between” Moscow and Tel Aviv, Medvedev said in a Telegram post, saying that Ukraine is praising “Nazi” heroes.

“If they are supplied with weapons then it is time for Israel to declare (Stepan) Bandera and (Roman) Shukhevych their heroes,” the Russian senior politician added, referring to Ukraine's nationalist leaders of the 1940s and 1950s. 

Bandera was the leader of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), and Shukhevich led the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). Both organizations are outlawed in Russia.