Graham and Van Hollen say they’re not asking Israel to offer its own air defense equipment to Kyiv, but to revoke veto barring the US from sending systems to Ukraine.
By JACOB MAGID
A pair of US senators said Friday that Israel was blocking Washington from transferring two US-owned Iron Dome batteries to Ukraine to boost Kyiv’s air defense against Russia.
“We can save more Ukrainian lives today if we transfer those batteries. However, due to serious concerns, the Government of Israel has blocked the United States from transferring these batteries,” Republican Senator Lindsey Graham and Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen wrote in a letter to the leaders of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
