Strengthening cooperation in civil defense and medicine — results of the visit to Israel of the interparliamentary friendship group "Ukraine-Israel"
Ukrainian lawmakers reached agreements with Israel on joint projects in civil defense and advanced medicine, including training for Ukrainian rescuers and rehabilitation of wounded soldiers. Details of the negotiations and assistance figures are available in the NAnews report. Why this visit matters now On June 19, 2025, the Head of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Health, Medical Aid, and Health Insurance Mykhailo Radutskyi summed up the first official visit of the interparliamentary friendship group “Ukraine–Israel” of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to Israel since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. "The visit was a logical continuation of the dialogue that began in 2023, when the co-chairs of the Israeli friendship group Yuli Edelstein and Zeev Elkin visited Kyiv. In addition to me, the delegation included MPs Olga Vasylevska-Smahliuk, Oleh Voronko, Oles Dovhyi, Olena Kopanchuk, Serhii Mandziy, and Yurii Mysiagin." The delegation of seven Ukra...