Japan has pledged 45 billion to Ukraine for its war against Russia Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Thursday 1 billion of which is de
Japan has pledged $4.5 billion to Ukraine for its war against Russia, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Thursday, $1 billion of which is designated for humanitarian aid.
‘Japan is consistent and very principled in its support of our country and our people, and I am grateful for this assistance,’ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his daily address Thursday. He said Japan’s decision to support Ukraine was ‘very timely and much-needed.’
A Russian drone attack killed one person and damaged port infrastructure in Ukraine’s Odesa region, the regional governor said Thursday.
Oleh Kiper said Odesa was under attack for two hours, and that while air defenses shot down most of the Russian drones involved, some of them made it through.
He identified the victim as a truck driver, and said the drone attack damaged a warehouse, elevator and trucks near the Danube River.
Ukraine’s military said Russia’s aerial attack involved a total of 18 drones targeting Odesa in southern Ukraine and the Khmelnytskyi region in the western part of the country.
Ukrainian air defenses shot down 15 of the 18 drones, the military said.
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