Tokyo. Archival photoMOSCOW, May 6. In Japan, scammers have begun to use a new scheme to deceive citizens, speculating on the Ukrainian theme, Asahi newspaper writes. pretend to be relatives in trouble or report an “underpaid pension” or “deduction for spending on medical services.” “Now there is also a problem of fraud under the guise of raising funds to help Ukraine,” the article says. swindlers in the country was declining, but now they are again activated. So, over the past year, more than 14 thousand cases of fraud were recorded in Japan, which is 6.7 percent more than in 2020. At the same time, the total losses of the deceived amounted to 27.8 billion yen (almost 13.9 billion rubles). Now the fraud is gaining even more momentum, the newspaper emphasizes. It is specified that the victims of deception are mainly the elderly. On February 24, Russia launched a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the Russian military strikes only on military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. The agency called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.
