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  1. Prime Minister Kishida and President Zelensky exchanging documents in front of both countries' flags

    Connections with Japan/Data & Documents

    A Japan-Ukraine Timeline ── From the 1965 Sister-City Partnership to Yen Loans

    From the 1965 sister-city partnership between the City of Yokohama and the City of Odesa, to the opening of diplomatic relations in 1992, to the yen loans and evacuee intake after 2022. This article puts Japan-Ukraine relations into a timeline made only of events whose date and announcing body can be identified. It also separates whether support figures are ceilings or amounts actually disbursed, and what an evacuee count is actually counting.
  2. The UN General Assembly Hall at UN Headquarters, with the podium and UN emblem at the front and rows of seats

    Understanding Society/Data & Documents

    A Timeline of Ukraine’s Independence and Russia’s Aggression, 1991–2026

    From the declaration of independence on August 24, 1991, to the extension of martial law that began on August 2, 2026. This timeline covers events whose dates are recorded in UN General Assembly and Security Council resolutions, the records of the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court, and Ukrainian presidential decrees and laws. It does not cover the course of the fighting. Legal assessments are given together with the body that made them.