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Kamikawa also visited the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, where Russian forces are blamed for a 2022 massacre of civilians, saying she was “shocked” by what she saw.
She also went to Irpin, a past scene of heavy fighting.
Her previously unannounced visit was a change to a two-week tour plan starting Friday that was to take in Poland, Finland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United States, Canada, Germany and Türkiye.
Kamikawa and Kuleba also discussed Japan’s plans to host a conference to promote Ukraine’s economic reconstruction in Tokyo in February.
Kuleba in turn expressed “solidarity” with Japan for the Jan 1 earthquake.
He said Kyiv was thankful for Japan’s decision last year to provide Ukraine with F-16 jets, but said the country also needed air defence systems.
“Every day, Ukrainian cities are destroyed by Russian missiles and drones. They cannot capture us, so they are trying to destroy us,” he said.
Kuleba also said the two discussed “threats from North Korea”.
Japan’s foreign ministry earlier said Kamikawa would “demonstrate Japan’s determination to uphold the international order based on the ‘rule of law’ from the perspective that unilateral changes to the status quo by force, such as Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, cannot be accepted”.
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