北方領土で軍事演習　対日戦勝の日に、抗議を無視―ロシア

　ロシア国防省は３日、北方領土の択捉島と国後島で軍事演習を行ったと発表した。１～７日の日程で実施中のロシア軍の大規模軍事演習「ボストーク（東方）２０２２」の一環。３日はロシアで対日戦勝を祝う「第２次大戦終結の日」に当たる。日本政府は演習が「わが国の立場と相いれず、到底受け入れられない」と抗議していたが、無視された格好だ。
　国防省によると、両島では敵の上陸を想定し、無人機も活用しつつ砲兵部隊が撃破する演習に成功したという。（2022/09/03-19:24）

The Russian military has conducted drills on two of the four northwestern Pacific islands claimed by Japan as part of its Vostok 2022 large-scale exercises, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday.
   The drills on Etorofu and Kunashiri come in defiance of a warning from Japan that the actions are incompatible with its position and totally unacceptable. Saturday is the day that celebrates the former Soviet Union's victory over Japan in World War II.
   Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin has said that the Vostok 2022 exercises in Russia's Eastern Military District are not directed against any specific countries or military alliances.
   Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to attend the exercises when he travels to Vladivostok Tuesday. The exercises started on Thursday and will be held through Wednesday.
   The four islands, called the Northern Territories in Japan, were seized by the former Soviet Union from Japan at the end of the war.