New blood: How the Kremlin's aggressive ambitions are bringing Ukraine more allies worldwide

With time, Israel may even give the green light to supplying Ukraine with more advanced air defense systems, including the famous Iron Dome, which is produced in the United States according to an Israeli design. Despite the rather limited range of the missiles, they cost significantly less than surface-to-air missiles for the Patriot, and the system is definitely suitable for protecting frontline cities, such as Kharkiv and Kherson, from rocket attacks and drone strikes.

Another Israeli weapon that could likely be transferred to Ukraine by third countries is the Spike family of anti-tank missile systems. Israel may also grant Ukraine or its partners a license to produce reconnaissance drones, following the precedent set with Russia, which produced such drones under the names Zastava and Forpost.

Israeli RADA ieMHR tactical radars have already been spotted in use by the Ukrainian military. So far, however, Israel has neither supplied Kyiv with its lethal weapons nor allowed third countries to do so.

Argentina: choosing the U.S. over Russia

Unlike the Republic of Korea and Israel, Argentina's changing position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict is not directly related to the Kremlin's activities. Putin even congratulated new President Javier Milei on his election and said he looked forward to strengthening the partnership between Moscow and Buenos Aires. However, Milei adopted a course of North Atlantic integration in his foreign policy — in opposition to his Peronist opponents. Despite performative statements about the British Falkland Islands belonging to Argentina, the rhetoric of the Milei government is largely aimed at rapprochement with the U.S. and other Western countries. In a sense, Putin has become hostage to his own propaganda: over the past few years, the Kremlin has placed such great emphasis on Russia's confrontation with the U.S. that countries in Latin America (and elsewhere) have little choice but to pick a side. As a result of Russian rhetoric, any Latin American leader who wants to get closer to the U.S. will all but automatically identify as an opponent of the Kremlin.

As part of its new policy, Buenos Aires has already announced the transfer of Mi-17 helicopters, which it previously purchased from Russia, to Ukraine. There are also plans to supply the AFU with Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard carrier-borne strike fighter aircraft, which Argentina cannot use anyway due to a British embargo on arms and spare parts.