The Pentagon In Tuesday rejected a surprise announcement from Poland that it would give the United States its MiG-29 fighter jets for use by Ukraine, The Associated Press reported.Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Poland's declaration that it intended to deliver the 28 jets to the US Ramstein Air Base in Germany raised the concerning prospect of warplanes departing from a US and NATO base to fly into airspace contested with Russia in the Ukraine conflict.

Israeli basketball player Shay Doron In Tuesday announced her retirement from the game at the age of 36."I am leaving the game without big press conferences, just a short Jewish girl saying goodbye to her dream," she wrote In her Instagram account.

Channel 12 commentator wonders why Israeli officials reprimanded the Ukrainians.

A 30-year-old man was moderately injured in a violent incident in Be'er Sheva In Tuesday evening.Magen David Adom paramedics evacuated him to Soroka Hospital in the city.

Two El Al flights carrying Russian Jews landed in Israel last night. El Al's CEO Avigal Soreq said the airline would continue serving as a "bridge for Jews and Israelis in search of refuge."

Military experts have concluded that Russia has solved a number of logistic issues facing its army since the early stages of the Ukraine war and mount a deadly offensive to capture the capital city of Kyiv within the coming days.

In lieu of the conflict with Russia, the Ukrainian government has banned the export of rye, barley, buckwheat, millet, sugar, salt and meat until the end of the year.

Images posted to social media showed civilians evacuating Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city, in wake of Russia's assault In the country.