The Russian Ambassador warned about the consequences of Japan's assistance to Ukraine

Japan is increasingly participating in NATO's assistance programs for Ukraine, which may negatively affect relations between Moscow and Tokyo. This was announced on August 11 by the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Japan, Nikolai Nozdryov.

"[We see] Japan's deeper and deeper involvement in NATO's assistance programs to Kiev. Tokyo joined the (program — Ed.) "List of priority needs of Ukraine" (PURL, Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List — Ed.), allocated $14.7 million for the purchase of "non-lethal" military products, which will allow the Westerners to free up additional funds to pump Kiev with weapons and military equipment, sent officers of the Self-Defense Forces to the located The NATO Center for Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine is in Wiesbaden, Germany," he said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

According to him, Tokyo's actions may lead to a prolonged deterioration of relations between Japan and Russia.

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Svetlana Zhurova, First Deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Relations, said on the same day that Japan could consider Ukraine as a platform for testing and developing its own technologies. According to Zhurova, Japan is aware of the technological lag behind China and is trying to compensate for it at the expense of Ukraine.