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UKRAINE

Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2023
Putin paves way for new call-up as Ukraine invasion drags on
New measures create a national online system for tracking the tens of millions of Russians potentially eligible to be called to serve.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 15, 2023
Airman suspected of leaking secret U.S. documents hit with federal charges
Jack Teixeira, 21, was charged on Friday with unlawfully copying and transmitting classified material.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2023
Ukraine’s envoy to Japan goes all in as a wartime ambassador
Sergiy Korsunsky finds little time to rest as he works to support evacuees, assist the war effort and plan for what comes after peace is achieved.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
Apr 14, 2023
Top diplomats to zero in on China and Ukraine challenges at G7 summit
At the Karuizawa summit, Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is expected to stress that European and Indo-Pacific security are inseparable.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 14, 2023
U.S. intel leaks expose modern realities of keeping secrets
Leaked U.S. documents threaten to expose important military secrets and to undermine the confidence of America's allies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2023
Leaked U.S. intel document claims Serbia agreed to arm Ukraine
Serbia's Defense Minister Milos Vucevic dismissed the document's assertions as 'untrue' in a statement on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2023
South Korea to lend 500,000 rounds of artillery shells to U.S., report says
South Korea's defense ministry said the allies have been exploring ways to support Ukraine but declined to confirm specific discussions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2023
Leaked U.S. papers cast doubt on Ukraine's military capacity
A February document said 89% of Ukrainian medium- and high-range air defenses were made up of Soviet-era systems that could soon run short of ammunition.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 11, 2023
South Korea says leaked U.S. document fake as spy allegations roil alliance
The presidential office in Seoul said that a 'significant portion' of the information in leaked classified Pentagon documents detailing apparent U.S. spying on Seoul is untrue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 11, 2023
What is keeping Japan from sending weapons to Ukraine?
The ruling coalition has agreed to hold talks on the matter, but barriers range from public opposition to disagreements between the LDP and Komeito.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 11, 2023
Russian war in Ukraine shows end of post-Cold War era, Japan says in report
The symbolic conflict forces the international community to face a 'historical inflection point,' Japan's Foreign Ministry said in its annual Bluebook policy report released Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2023
Russia pounds Ukraine's front line as leak prompts questions over counteroffensive
Ukrainian officials played down a report that Kyiv is amending plans following the unauthorized release of classified U.S. documents.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2023
U.S. officials review intel sharing after damaging leak
Investigators are also working to determine what person or group might have had the ability and motivation to release the intelligence reports.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 10, 2023
How the latest leaked U.S. documents are different from past breaches
The freshness of the documents — some appear to be barely 40 days old — and the hints they hold for operations to come make them particularly damaging, officials say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 10, 2023
U.S. searches for source of highly-classified intel leak
Some Western security experts and U.S. officials have said they suspect the source could be someone from the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2023
Pope appeals to Russians on Ukraine and decries Middle East violence in Easter message
Pope Francis asks Russians to seek the truth about their country's invasion of Ukraine in his Easter message on Sunday and appealed for dialogue between Israelis and Palestinians.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 9, 2023
Opposing a larger force: What Taiwan's military is learning from Ukraine
Despite differences, Taiwan's military has been drawing valuable lessons from the war in Ukraine, including the effectiveness of asymmetric defense and the need to stockpile munitions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 9, 2023
Putin’s paranoia deviates from its Soviet roots
Russia has yet to resort to the drastic reprisals of the Stalinist years, but the regime’s opponents still face some deepening perils.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 9, 2023
Leaked documents show Seoul torn between U.S. demands and its own policy
The secret documents were based on signals intelligence, which meant that the United States has been spying on one of its major allies in Asia.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Apr 9, 2023
Ukraine swimmers, vowing boycott, urge IOC to back 'peace'
Kyiv says Russian forces have damaged at least 343 sporting facilities during the year-long war in Ukraine.

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