Daily Memo: Japanese Support for Ukraine, French Presence in Syria

Paris increasingly appears to be filling the gap left by the U.S.

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Intelligence-sharing. Japan has agreed to provide Ukraine with satellite-based geospatial data, including radar imagery obtained from Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites. It’s the first time Japan will have engaged in intelligence sharing of this kind with a foreign state. The move is part of an agreement signed last week between Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate and Japanese […]

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