The U.S. intelligence service predicted on the 8th that economic sanctions on the invasion of Ukraine would hit Japan's finances of 1 trillion yen and exceed Russia's expectations, and the military attack would intensify.
Germany's Marshall Foundation confirmed on the 9th that it was preparing for a conflict in Taiwan, as it revealed that it had not responded to the US President Biden's invasion of Ukraine.
"President Putin is very likely to bring down the Ukrainian army, regardless of civilian casualties," said CIA Director William Burns at a hearing on the House Intelligence Committee.
"President Putin is unlikely to be deterred by this setback, but it could intensify an attack," said Abril Haines, director of the National Intelligence Service (DNI). passed,” he said.
Defense Intelligence Director Kazuhiko Makita said the death toll in the Russian army was between 2,000 and 4,000, according to intelligence agencies and public information estimates.
The amount of Japanese credit in Russia is 1 trillion yen, with Mitsubishi UFJ, Mitsui Sumitomo, Mizuho three megabanks, and Japan International Cooperation Bank (JBIC) investing about 700 billion yen, and the remaining 300 billion yen is by institutional investors through a trust bank, Yomiuri The newspaper reported on the 9th, citing public information from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and financial institutions.
In the US Senate on the 8th, Republican lawmakers defined North Korea, China, Russia, and Iran as “a new axis of evil”, while Democratic lawmakers called North Korea “a vicious dictatorship” for not participating in the resolution to withdraw Russian troops.
At a press conference at the National People's Congress on the 7th, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, "We continue to infringe on China's sovereignty and territorial integrity on the Taiwan issue while some people emphasize the principle of sovereignty over the Ukraine issue." "It's a blatant double standard," he said.
The US DNI said, “North Korea started preparations in January for things that could escalate tensions this year, such as an ICBM launch or a nuclear test. Kim Jong-un will regularly engage in aggressive actions to reshape the regional security environment to the advantage of the regional security environment. The report was released on the 7th.
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a Republican, said in a speech on the 4th of a visit to Taiwan, demanding that the United States recognize Taiwan as a nation. "The diplomatic recognition of the legitimate and democratically elected Taiwanese government must no longer be ignored or avoided," he said.
In his State of the Union address on the 2nd, President Joe Biden said, "The United States will not intervene in the clash between the Russian and Ukrainian forces, but will work with NATO to defend Ukraine and Russia will pay a great price in the long run." In a speech to the public on the 8th, he announced a 'ban on Russian oil and gas imports'.
The United States cut off official diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 1979 and established diplomatic ties with China.
Bonnie Glaser, director of Germany's Marshall Foundation Asia Program, said on the 9th, "The situation in Taiwan and Ukraine is fundamentally different. The claim that Taiwan is the same because the United States will not intervene in Ukraine is misinformation for China to undermine Taiwanese people's trust in the United States," Yomiuri told Yomiuri on the 9th.