Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Yemeni-Houthi Ansar Allah Political Bureau said on a January 24, 2024 show on Al-Araby TV (Qatar) on January 24, 2024 that his movement does not support the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. He said that his movement is a “moral movement,” therefore despite the Houthi’s good relations with Russia, the Ukrainian government’s support of the “aggression” against Yemen in 2015, the Ukrainian government being a “coup” government, and its support of the aggression against Gaza, the Houthis distinguish between the Ukrainian people and its government. Al-Bukhaiti continued to say that it is the United States that is responsible for the war in Ukraine, because it has been seeking to expand NATO.
Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti: “Despite our good relations with Russia, and even though the Ukrainian government supported the aggression against Yemen in 2015, and although it is a coup government, which rose to power following the 2014 coup in Ukraine, and it has supported the aggression against Gaza – despite all that we do not support the [Russian] military operations in Ukraine. We draw a distinction between the position of the Ukrainian government, and the Ukrainians, who were harmed by this war.
Interviewer: “Thank you very much.”
Al-Bukhaiti: “So if we are not acting according to a moral principle, we would have supported the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. Therefore we say to everybody that we are a moral movement and that we place our trust in Allah and the Yemeni people.”