The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Japanese Ambassador to Russia due to Japan's military aid to Ukraine. According to a report by the Russian News Agency on the 9th, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Japanese Ambassador to Russia on the same day because of the Japanese government's decision to start providing military equipment to Ukraine. According to the Japanese Jiji News Agency reported on the same day, government sources revealed that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Zelanski on the afternoon of the 9th.