rki.news | Sources: Anadolu Agency<\/p>\n
MOSCOW \u2014 Russia has summoned Japan\u2019s ambassador to protest a commercial deal between a Japanese company and a Ukrainian drone manufacturer that Moscow says undermines its security interests.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Ambassador Akira Muto was handed a formal protest note by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which stated that Ukrainian drone strikes inside Russian territory provide \u201cgrounds to view such a move as openly hostile.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ministry said Japan-Russia relations have reached \u201can unprecedented low\u201d due to what it described as Japan\u2019s \u201cunfriendly policies,\u201d adding that Tokyo must show a genuine commitment to dialogue through \u201cconcrete actions and practical steps,\u201d not just rhetoric.<\/p>\n
The diplomatic protest was triggered after Tokyo-based Terra Drone Corporation announced last month that its subsidiary entered a deal with Ukraine\u2019s Amazing Drones LLC, raising concerns in Moscow about the potential use of Japanese-linked technology in Ukraine\u2019s conflict.<\/p>\n
Russia\u2019s move underscores heightened tensions over foreign support to Kyiv amid the ongoing war.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
rki.news | Sources: Anadolu Agency MOSCOW \u2014 Russia has summoned Japan\u2019s ambassador to protest a commercial deal between a Japanese company and a Ukrainian drone manufacturer that Moscow says undermines its security interests. On Wednesday, Ambassador Akira Muto was handed a formal protest note by the Russian Foreign Ministry, which stated that Ukrainian drone strikes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,8,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-international","category-snippets"],"yoast_head":"\n