Mar 05 (Japan Times) - Japan will provide bullet-proof vests and other defense supplies to Ukraine, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday, in a rare delivery of equipment by the Self-Defense Forces to a country under armed attack.
The goods to be delivered by the SDF and through other channels also include helmets, tents, winter clothing, food items, hygiene products, cameras and power generators, the Japanese government said, as Russia escalates its attack on Ukraine despite international condemnation.
The provision of the nonlethal items comes at the request of Ukraine and falls within the scope of the war-renouncing Constitution, said Japan’s top government spokesman, Hirokazu Matsuno.
The timing for delivery has not been worked out, and Japan does not plan to provide Ukraine with weapons, he added.
Source: ANNnewsCH