The Japanese government is planning to use Self-Defense Forces transport aircraft to fly relief supplies to Ukraine's neighbors.

Sources close to the government say this is in response to a request from the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.

The sources also say the dispatch will be based on the international peace cooperation law, and that the government intends to make the decision on it at a Cabinet meeting in the near future.

The government has already announced that Japan will provide Ukraine and its neighboring countries with a total of 300 million dollars in emergency humanitarian aid and loans. It also said the country will mobilize personnel in the fields of health and medical care.