TOKYO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a video message released Saturday, thanked Japanese Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio for his recent visit to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, for a bilateral summit.

Ukraine received a security package from and reached a strong agreement with Japan, Zelenskyy said, adding that he is thankful to Kishida for the productive visit, which was made on Tuesday last week.

At the Kyiv meeting with Zelenskyy, Kishida said that Japan will provide Ukraine, which has been invaded by Russia, with 470 million dollars in additional aid in fields including energy and 30 million dollars in new aid for nonlethal defense equipment.

In the past week, Ukraine became stronger while Russia became even more isolated and hopeless, Zelenskyy said in the video message.

Also expressing his gratitude for aid from other countries, Zelenskyy said Ukraine is doing everything possible step by step so that Russia will lose the war.

JIJI Press