The Russians were targeting religious sites with large crowds, the report said.

By World Israel News Staff

Russian troops intentionally launched Iranian drones over Uman, aiming specifically at Hasidic Jews who were celebrating Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, in the Ukrainian city, Babel reported Tuesday.

Despite warnings from Ukraine not to make the annual pilgrimage to Uman this year for safety reasons, tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews went to pray at the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810), founder of the Breslov hasidic movement.

“I have checked with the president’s office and was told that we will not allow tourists from anywhere to enter the country because we cannot guarantee their safety,” Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Kornichuk stated in July.

According to Babel, citing sources in the special services, over the past few days, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have shot down more than 10 Shahed-136s in the south of Ukraine. Some were launched from the territory of the occupied Crimea and directed to Uman.

The Russians were targeting religious sites with large crowds, the report said.

“Planned acts of terrorism against Israeli citizens are one of the conditions for Iran’s transfer of drones to Russia. As you know, this is not the first example of cooperation between two terrorist countries.

“Not so long ago, a Ukrainian civilian plane was shot down in Iran, apparently by mistake. But the interests of the Kremlin can be seen behind this case,” the special services said, Babel reported.

In January 2020, a Ukrainian International Airlines plane crashed soon after takeoff from Tehran’s airport, killing all 176 people on board.

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Anti-Semites attacked Jews and vandalized the gravesite of the revered Rabbi Nachman of Breslav in Ukraine. 

The gravesite of Rabbi Nachman of Breslav, a prominent Jewish site in Uman, Ukraine, was violently attacked by anti-Semitic vandals on Tuesday night.

According to eyewitnesses who were attacked, skinheads driving a black jeep arrived at the complex, shouting anti-Semitic epithets at Jewish worshipers while spraying them with tear gas and filming the incident with their phones.

They threw sections of a pig –  including the head, with a swastika etched into it – into the center of the sanctuary and spilled blood-like paint over the floors and walls.

Jewish worshipers say no one was physically harmed in the attack. Two Israeli tourists were reportedly treated for tear-gas inhalation.

No arrests have been reported so far.

The site has been subject to anti-Semitic assaults in the past, but this was the most severe by far.

The complex is visited annually by tens of thousands of Jews from around the world.

Member of Knesset Yair Lapid, head of the Yesh Atid party, contacted the Ukrainian ambassador in Israel, Hennadii Nadolenko, demanding a swift police inquiry into the attack and a boost in the security around the holy site.

By: World Israel News

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