<p>Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk said on Thursday that President Volodymyr Zelensky told Israel's prime minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu that his services as mediator were not needed.</p> <p>"[Zelensky] said 'we are not expecting anyone to be intermediaries now as the time for mediation is gone,'" Korniychuk told "The Rundown" host Calev Ben-David in a wide-ranging interview that took place at the&nbsp;<em>i24NEWS</em>&nbsp;studios in Jaffa Port.</p> <div class="taboola-wrapper"> <div class=" trc_related_container trc_spotlight_widget trc_elastic trc_elastic_ab_mid-article-thumbnails_abp-mode "></div> </div> <p>The recent phone call between Zelensky and Netanyahu was a "frank and open discussion," according to the envoy, who added that Netanyahu talked "positively" about future cooperation between Israel and Ukraine.&nbsp;</p> <p>He also confirmed earlier reports that&nbsp;<a class="link" title="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/1668663284-zelensky-netanyahu-considering-supplying-air-defense-report" href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/1668663284-zelensky-netanyahu-considering-supplying-air-defense-report" _mce_href="https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy/1668663284-zelensky-netanyahu-considering-supplying-air-defense-report">Netanyahu told Zelensky that he would reconsider air defensive assistance</a>&nbsp;for Ukraine.</p> <p>"[Netanyahu] said he will see if he can reconsider quickly the issue of defensive [help] which is the most important for us."</p>