InterviewJapan's supply of trucks to Ukraine 'next step' to sending arms: envoy
Ukrainian ambassador says Tokyo carefully studying requests for military aid
Japan Ground Self-Defense Force trucks carrying ammunition travel towards Ishigaki Garrison in Okinawa on March 18. © Jiji
ANDREW SHARP, Nikkei Asia politics and economics editor
HIROSHIMA, Japan -- Ukraine's ambassador to Japan praised Tokyo's announcement at the weekend's Group of Seven leaders' summit that it will provide around 100 Self-Defense Force (SDF) transport vehicles to his war-torn nation, saying it was the "next step" toward supplying arms.