Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have affected arms aid by Western countries to Ukraine and perceptions on the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, said Ukraine's Ambassador to Türkiye Vasyl Bodnar.

"International media has turned its attention to this direction, so there are those who think that the war in Ukraine has ended," Bodnar said.
Bodnar met with Turkish journalists at the Ukrainian Embassy in the capital, Ankara, to make evaluations on the Russia-Ukraine war, Israel's attacks on Gaza, the Black Sea grain deal, defense cooperation with Türkiye, and prisoner exchange.
The ambassador said the weapons planned to be given to Ukraine were sent to Israel, and the internal political dynamics in Western countries are a factor affecting aid.
He cited the upcoming presidential election in the US, the attitude of the governments of Hungary and Slovakia, and the blockades imposed by farmers on Ukrainian trucks at the border gates in Poland among these dynamics.