Japan plans to provide 100 military vehicles to Ukraine

Japan held a ceremony on Wednesday marking its planned donation of about 100 military vehicles to Ukraine as Tokyo seeks to provide equipment that can be of broader military use than its earlier shipments of helmets and hazmat suitsIn a ceremony at the Defence Ministry at which two halfton trucks were on display Japanese Vice Defence Minister Toshiro Ino handed a document to Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Korsunsky listing the three types of vehicles included in the donationWe hope the invasion ends as soon as possible and peaceful daily lives return Ino said We will provide as much support as we canThe donation which also includes 30000 food rations comes as Japans government is seeking to ease its military equipment transfer policy under a new national security policy that allows its military a greater offensive role in a major break from its postWorld War II selfdefenseonly principleWhile other countries have provided Ukraine with tanks missiles and fighter jets Japan has limited its donations to nonlethal equipment because the transfer policy prohibits the provision of lethal weapons to countries at warAlso readBiden aims to reassure world on US debt standoffJapan has provided Ukraine with bulletproof vests helmets gas masks hazmat suits small drones and food rations since Russias invasion began last yearJapanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged the trucks to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when they met in Hiroshima on Sunday on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit Japan has also offered to treat injured Ukrainian soldiers at a Japanese military hospitalThe vehicles consist of halfton trucks high mobility vehicles and material handling vehicles the government said The Acquisition Technology and Logistics Agency said the details including the exact number of vehicles and timing of their shipment are being finalisedTokyo has joined the United States and European nations in sanctioning Russia over its invasion and in providing humanitarian and economic support for UkraineJapan was quick to react because of fears of a possible impact from the war on East Asia where Chinas military has grown increasingly assertive and has escalated tensions around selfgoverned Taiwan which Beijing claims as its territoryJapan has contributed more than USD 7 billion to Ukraine It has also accepted more than 2000 displaced Ukrainians and helped them with housing and support for jobs and education a rare move in a country known for its strict immigration policyThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever