According to Kyodo News on August 24, Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergei Koletsky was interviewed by the agency on the 23rd in the capital Kyiv. Against the backdrop of intensifying ballistic missile attacks from Russia, Koletsky said he “strongly expects and relies” on Japan to provide anti-aircraft weapons, including interceptor missiles. This is the first time he has been interviewed by overseas media since taking office in July of this year. Although Japan revised the “Three Principles for the Transfer of Defense Equipment” and its application guidelines in April of this year, the transfer of weapons with lethal capacity presupposes the conclusion of the “Defense Equipment and Technology Transfer Agreement”, and in principle, arms exports to countries in conflict are not permitted. Even if Japan and Ukraine have concluded this agreement, Japan will need Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae to make a political decision if it wants to supply interceptor missiles to Ukraine, and faces an extremely high threshold on this issue.

According to Kyodo News on August 24, Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergei Koletsky was interviewed by the agency on the 23rd in the capital Kyiv. Against the backdrop of intensifying ballistic missile attacks from Russia, Koletsky said he “strongly expects and relies” on Japan to provide anti-aircraft weapons, including interceptor missiles. This is the first time he has been interviewed by overseas media since taking office in July of this year. Although Japan revised the “Three Principles for the Transfer of Defense Equipment” and its application guidelines in April of this year, the transfer of weapons with lethal capacity presupposes the conclusion of the “Defense Equipment and Technology Transfer Agreement”, and in principle, arms exports to countries in conflict are not permitted. Even if Japan and Ukraine have concluded this agreement, Japan will need Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae to make a political decision if it wants to supply interceptor missiles to Ukraine, and faces an extremely high threshold on this issue.