{"id":20511,"date":"2026-07-19T15:28:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20511"},"modified":"2026-07-19T15:28:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T09:43:44","slug":"russia-condemns-japans-drone-cooperation-with-ukraine-as-openly-hostile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20511","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Russia Condemns Japan\u2019s Drone Cooperation with Ukraine as \u2018Openly Hostile\u2019<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has accused Japan of indirectly contributing to attacks on Russian civilians through cooperation between Japanese companies and Ukrainian drone developers.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview published by the Russian news agency TASS on Saturday, Rudenko claimed that Ukraine had been systematically using unmanned aerial vehicles to strike civilian targets inside Russian territory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven Ukraine\u2019s systematic terrorist provocations using UAVs against civilian targets on Russian territory, we regard such cooperation with the Kyiv regime as an openly hostile action,\u201d Rudenko said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkrainian drones are killing Russian civilians, and Tokyo is helping them do so,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Rudenko said Japan\u2019s growing involvement in the Russia\u2013Ukraine conflict was further weakening already strained relations between Moscow and Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has repeatedly criticised Japan for supporting Ukraine, participating in international sanctions against Moscow and expanding cooperation with Ukrainian defence and technology companies.<\/p>\n<p>Japan, meanwhile, has maintained that its assistance to Ukraine is intended to uphold national sovereignty and the rules-based international order. Tokyo has provided Ukraine with financial, humanitarian and reconstruction assistance, while avoiding the direct supply of lethal weapons under its existing policy framework.<\/p>\n<p>Rudenko\u2019s allegation that Japanese-linked technology has been used in specific drone attacks against Russian civilians has not been independently verified.<\/p>\n<p>The latest remarks underline the continued deterioration in Russia\u2013Japan relations, which have already been affected by sanctions, unresolved territorial disputes and the suspension of negotiations over a formal post-Second World War peace treaty.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=20511\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dragon Media News Desk Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko has accused Japan of indirectly contributing to attacks on Russian civilians through cooperation between Japanese companies and Ukrainian drone developers. 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