Imagine you’re a Russian soldier somewhere near the front, staring at a Ukrainian column in the distance. You push aside the intrusive thoughts that you’ve made a terrible mistake by enlisting. The money sounded good at first, but now you’re not so sure.
Suddenly, an odd sight pulls you out of your momentary depression. You expect to see German Leopards, maybe American Bradleys in this sector. Instead… a convoy of Japanese trucks quietly rolls past like sushi delivery on the steppe. You recognize them from a construction job you did in Sochi in 2011.
Since when did the японцы (Japanese people) enter this war? You think about calling it in but decide to eat your morning porridge first. Those коррумпированные офицеры wouldn’t know what to do with the information anyways.
The porridge turns out to be your last meal because you never saw the Ukrainian FPV drone that struck you in the back of the head.
Japan just sent 30 more military vehicles to Ukraine: 28 light trucks and 2 high-mobility transport vehicles. That brings Tokyo’s total vehicle donation to 131.
No fanfare. Just logistics… the silent hero of good strategy.
It doesn’t sound dramatic. But, as any veteran knows, wars are won by whoever moves best, not who tweets loudest. And…
