James D.J. Brown is a professor of political science at Temple University's Japan campus in Tokyo.
On Sept. 22, Ukrainian forces carried out a long-range missile strike against Russia's naval headquarters on the occupied Crimean Peninsula.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, addresses the U.N. Security Council alongside Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sept. 20. © Reuters
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