Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha condemned Vladimir Putin's provocative visit to the Japanese island of Etorofu and expressed Ukraine's solidarity with Japan.
Sybiha stated this on X, according to Ukrinform.
"Ukraine's position is unwavering: Japan's sovereignty over the Northern Territories is grounded in historical facts and international law… Russia uses the same imperial playbook everywhere. It occupies foreign land, militarizes it, threatens its neighbours, and then tries to make the world accept the illegal as irreversible," the Foreign Minister said.
He added that Ukraine knows this model very well and emphasized that it must not succeed either in Europe or in the Pacific region.
Sybiha stressed that Ukraine stands in solidarity with Japan and highly values its support. He called on international partners to clearly condemn Putin's provocative visit, reject any attempts to normalize Russia's occupation, strengthen the aggressor's isolation, and increase sanctions pressure.
