BioBee Biological Systems, in Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu, is a unique company which breeds and implements beneficial insects and mites for agricultural purposes.

A Member of Knesset visited Russian-annexed Crimea without permission from Kiev, angering Ukrainian officials. Israel's foreign ministry says it was done without their prior knowledge.

The government of Ukraine has warned Israeli citizens that visit Russian occupied Crimea and companies that work on the peninsula without permission from the Ukrainian government that it may impose sanctions on them