Friction point: At the time, Netanyahu wanted to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in order to get his approval for ultra-Orthodox Israelis to make an annual pilgrimage to the city of Uman in Ukraine, where a famous Rabbi is buried.
Zelensky wouldn't take his call until Netanyahu approved the Patriot deal, the Ukrainian official says.
A spokesperson for Netanyahu told Axios the prime minister didn't object to the decommissioning of the Patriot system and its return to the U.S. and denied any connection between this and the pilgrimage.
The Pentagon declined to comment for this story, as did a spokesperson for U.S. European Command.
Churchill nie byłby godzien zawiązać sznurówek Zełeńskiemu.