PM Fumio Kishida also spoke of the 'grave danger' international community faces with Russia-Ukraine war & UN Security Council reform in his speech at the US university Friday.
This follows after Dnipro witnessed a Russian missile strike that killed at least 40 people in an apartment block & Ukrainian troops came under increased pressure on the eastern front.
The air force drills with Russia that start on Monday are to prepare for possible 'combat missions' but the move comes as concerns grow that Moscow is pushing Minsk to join the war in Ukraine.
Russia unleashed major attacks on Ukraine Saturday, hitting energy infrastructure & residential buildings. President Zelenskiy appealed to the West for more weaponry to end 'Russian terror'.
Moscow has struggled to take control of the town, which would be its substantial gain since August after a series of retreats before Ukrainian counteroffensives in east & south.
Russian commanders have made the capture of Soledar a key objective in a campaign to take the nearby strategic city of Bakhmut and Ukraine's larger eastern Donbas region.
Russia launched seven missile strikes, 31 air strikes & 73 attacks from salvo rocket launchers in the past day, the general staff of Ukraine's armed forces said in a daily report.
While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.
It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.
To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.
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