A move by Japan to provide Patriot air defence systems to Ukraine will have “grave consequences” for Russia-Japan ties, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday.

Relations between Moscow and Tokyo, already difficult, have deteriorated sharply since Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in Feb. 2022. Japan has joined its Western allies in imposing sweeping economic sanctions on Russia.

Last week, Japan said it would prepare to ship Patriot air defence missiles to the United States after revising its arms export guidelines, in Tokyo’s first major overhaul of such export curbs in nine years.

  • JJROKCZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Russia can’t take Ukraine after several years of trying… now Putin thinks he has a chance against a Japan that has the full backing of the American military behemoth?

    This threat is the yipping of a scared dog, nothing more. Even if Americans didn’t march alongside Japanese soldiers, we’d supply the best we have to them for defense like we have since reconstruction

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      They know it’s an empty threat, but they’ve still got to make it to save face perhaps. If they attacked Japan I’d hurt myself laughing.