Amid the Storm: Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine Ends Term Under Fire from Two Fronts

Israel's ambassador to Ukraine, Michael Brodsky, concludes a five-year term under fire. The Russian invasion on February 24, 2022, forced him to evacuate the embassy from Kyiv to Lviv. He navigated between Israeli humanitarian aid and Ukrainian pressure to receive 'Iron Dome', which shifted after October 7. His son was wounded in battles in Israel while he served 2,000 km away. He leaves a country in a war of attrition, saying: 'The next ambassador may be the one to see peace.'

Michael Brodsky, Israel's ambassador to Ukraine, is ending a five-year term in the shadow of the Russia-Ukraine war. On February 24, 2022, with the Russian invasion, he managed a dramatic evacuation of the embassy from Kyiv to Lviv. During his tenure, he navigated between Israeli humanitarian aid and Ukrainian pressure to receive 'Iron Dome' systems, pressure that shifted after the events of October 7. The geopolitical reality tied the fates of Jerusalem and Kyiv around the common enemy – Iran. The war affected him personally when his son was wounded in battles in Israel while he served 2,000 kilometers away. Now he leaves a country where hopes for a quick victory have given way to a painful war of attrition. 'I have seen the war,' he says, 'the next ambassador may be the one to see peace.' He returns to Israel, leaving one front for another.