Key words : Saturday marks two years koizumi
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Survey suggests 70% of Ukrainians want to keep fighting Russia
Nearly 70 percent of respondents to a poll in Ukraine believe the country should continue to fend off Russia's invasion and reclaim lost territory. But only 3 percent believe victory is getting close.
NHK and the Kyiv-based research organization Rating Group conducted a joint telephone survey between February 9 and 11 on 1,000 people.
The respondents were aged 18 and over and live across Ukraine, except Crimea, Donbas, and areas where mobile networks were unavailable.
Fifty-one percent believe Ukraine is getting closer to victory "step by step," but just 3 percent said victory is "getting closer."
Thirty percent said the conflict has reached a stalemate, and 12 percent said victory is either "getting away" or getting away "step by step".
When asked what they expect of their government, 55 percent said they want to see a return to the borders of 1991, including Crimea and Donbas.
Thirteen percent said they want Ukraine's borders restored to the way they were on February 23, 2022, the day before the invasion began.
Twenty-four percent said they want to stop fighting and start peace negotiations. The figure has doubled from a year ago.
Saturday marks two years since Russia launched the invasion, and University of Tokyo Associate Professor Koizumi Yu says the conflict is likely to drag on into a third and fourth year.
Koizumi suggested Ukrainian troops are exhausted from their counteroffensive launched last year, and Russia lacks the capacity for a large-scale, coordinated attack.
Key words : ukrainian mother
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Mother of deceased Ukrainian soldier wants country to fight on
A Ukrainian mother who lost her son in the war against Russia says her country should fight on so as to ensure he didn't die in vain.
Nataliia Ishchenko's only son, Astamur, was killed in a battle in eastern Ukraine in June 2022, while serving as a volunteer soldier.
A plaque commemorating Astamur adorns the entrance of the apartment building in Kyiv where he used to live. The plaque was installed at the request of the residents.
Ishchenko says she and her husband speak to their son's portrait on the plaque almost every day. She adds that sometimes they think he is smiling at them and other times he appears to be critical. She describes the routine as a form of family communication.
Ishchenko says the death of her son made her feel her world had been completely destroyed. But she adds that she gradually began to think while talking to her son's portrait that he might not like to see her and her husband live in despair.
She says the memory of the dead should not have a depressing and demoralizing impression on society.
Two years after the start of Russia's invasion, many people in Ukraine are voicing a sense of fatigue with the war showing no signs of ending. Ishchenko says she understands why some people are calling for peace talks.
She admits that she herself feels "very, very tired." But she argues that people should not allow this fatigue to make it easier for Russia to take over Ukraine.
She says Ukraine must not stop in despair and continue to fight, in order to prevent more people from dying.
Key words : united nations antonio
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Russia and western countries at odds as UN marks two years of war in Ukraine
The United Nations Security Council marked two years since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with representatives exchanging differing opinions on the conflict.
At the start of Friday's meeting, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed the importance of the UN Charter and international law as the guide to creating a world free of war. He said the Russian invasion of Ukraine directly violated both.
Guterres noted that two years of war and suffering have caused international strain and said "enough is enough." He also underscored the need to uphold the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
UK foreign secretary David Cameron, France's foreign minister Stephane Sejourne and Japan's state minister for foreign affairs Tsuji Kiyoto attended the meeting. They condemned Russia and pledged solidarity with Ukraine.
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba of Ukraine called on the international community to continue its support. He said if it failed to do so, future generations would wonder why the world did not act. He also asked for air defense systems and ammunition.
Russian Ambassador to the UN Vassily Nebenzia blasted Ukraine and the West, repeating the claim that the "special military operation" is to protect Russian residents in eastern parts of Ukraine.
A representative from Mozambique pointed out the negative impact of the war on developing countries, including rising food prices over the past two years. He urged Russia and Ukraine to hold talks without preconditions to resolve the situation.
Key words : six months release
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Six months since start of Fukushima Daiichi treated water release
Saturday marks exactly six months after the operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant started releasing treated and diluted water into the sea.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company has carried out three rounds of water discharge so far, releasing a total of 23,351 tons of water from 30 tanks.
Analyses of seawater samples conducted by the utility and other parties including the Japanese government have shown a maximum tritium concentration of 22 becquerels per liter. The figure is far below the 700-becquerel standard set by Tokyo Electric for suspending the release.
The International Atomic Energy Agency last month published its first full report on a review of the discharge. The report reaffirmed that the operation is consistent with international safety standards.
The Fukushima Daiichi plant suffered a triple meltdown during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Water used to cool molten fuel has since been mixing with rain and groundwater.
The accumulated water is being treated to remove most radioactive substances, but still contains tritium. The treated water is stored in more than 1,000 tanks.
Tokyo Electric began discharging the treated water into the ocean in accordance with government policy on August 24 last year. The water is diluted to reduce tritium levels to about one-seventh of the World Health Organization's guidance level for drinking water.
But recent incidents at the plant have stoked concerns among residents in Fukushima Prefecture.
Last October, five workers at the plant were accidentally splashed with liquid containing radioactive substances, resulting in two of them being hospitalized. Earlier this month, untreated water was found to be leaking from a filtering device.
Meanwhile, China imposed a total suspension on seafood imports from Japan last August, calling water accumulating at the plant "nuclear-contaminated."
Japan has since been demanding an immediate lifting of the measure, saying China's claim is lacking scientific grounds.
On Tuesday, Japan's Ambassador to Beijing Kanasugi Kenji held talks with China's Ecology and Environment Minister Huang Runqiu. Kanasugi emphasized that discussions from a scientific point of view are important.
The Chinese side has been seeking to build an international monitoring system that involves Japan's neighbors. It has yet to show any signs of lifting the restrictions.
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