Soon after Irans April 13 attempted airstrike on Israel a massive bombardment of about 300 missiles and drones a Ukrainian YouTuber couldnt help but notice the difference in global reaction.

U.S. forces, including fighter jets, joined by French and British forces, helped Israel down almost all of the incoming fire in an impressive display of military resources and Western know-how . It was a lesson not lost on the Ukrainians.

A Ukrainian-born YouTuber who goes by Yewleea, who says she left New York to return to her home country to help with the war, called it kind of incredibly fucking hypocritical , given Israels state-of-the-art air defense system and unrealized Western promises of aid to Ukraine.

That was done specifically to make a point, she said in a livestream. They didnt need the help. Ukraine does need the help. And Ukraine was promised all the help. Yet were not receiving it.

That same attack, though, ultimately ended up freeing about $60.8 billion in U.S. military and economic aid for the beleaguered Eastern European country by pushing the stalled funding to the forefront in Washington.

A week after Ukrainians saw footage of the global powers rushing to knock out of the sky the same kind of Iranian Shahed drones they face nightly alone, many tuned into C-SPAN to watch 72% of the House vote Saturday, after months of delay, to give Ukraine the desperately needed aid.

Its been said its never too late to do the right thing. Well, were coming really close, said Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), a co-chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, on the House floor.

But the road to get there, for Ukrainians and their allies, began with the Iran attack and the worlds reaction to it.

This night Ukrainians got a clear view of what we truly mean for the US. Were not allies, never have been, Stas Olenchenko, a Kyiv-born analyst living in Europe, posted on social media .

Were an inconvenience. An aberration in their view of geopolitics. A problem that just wont solve itself. Well keep resisting no matter what, but this really hurt, he wrote.

Even Ukrainian President Volodmyr Zelenskyy, who has always been careful to thank the U.S. and both political parties for aid, brought the subject up when he spoke to the European Council .

Unfortunately, in Ukraine and our part of Europe, we do not have the level of defense that we saw in the Middle East a few days ago. Our Ukrainian sky and our neighbors skies deserve the same level of security, he said. And I appreciate everyone who sees our need for security as a need for equal security for all, because all lives are equally valuable.

The White House greeted the complaint by noting how much aid had already been sent to Ukraine or saying there were substantive differences between the two situations .

Different conflicts, different airspace, different threat picture, said John Kirby, spokesperson for the White Houses National Security Council, at a White House press briefing.