Japan To Provide 100 Military Vehicles To Ukraine

Japanese Deputy Defense Minister Toshiro Ino (right) hands a document about the donation to Serhiy Korsunsky, Ukraine's ambassador to Japan, at a ceremony in Tokyo on May 24.

Japan held a ceremony on May 24 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 suits. In a ceremony at the Defense Ministry at which two half-ton trucks were on display, Japanese Deputy Defense Minister Toshiro Ino handed a document to Ukrainian Ambassador Serhiy Korsunskiy listing the three types of vehicles included in the donation. To read the original story by AP, click here.