Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Zakharova said on the 21st that the Japan-US “Sword 27” joint military exercise poses a security risk to Russia's Far East border region, and Russia will take countermeasures. Zakharova said at a regular press conference that the military exercises have gone beyond the “exclusive defense” principle and are part of Japan's “re-militarization” policy, and Russia has expressed serious concerns to Japan many times. She said that Japan's above practices pose a security risk to the Russian Far East border region. While commenting on the Japanese company's delivery of drones to Ukraine, Zakharova said that Japan's move was blatantly hostile, and Russia will take tough countermeasures. She stressed that Russia has warned Japan many times that such acts are unacceptable and will have a negative impact on Russian-Japanese relations. The Japanese side's attempt to explain the cooperation of domestic companies with the Ukrainian military as a “private act” is “completely unconvincing.” Zakharova reiterated that the weapons that pose a threat to Russia's national security, as well as the facilities built in Ukraine to produce these weapons, are all legitimate targets of attack by the Russian armed forces.

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