Sentence 1: The Soviet Union was officially in Asia until June 1941 , and Europe was officially neutral until August 1945 , when it attacked Japan in cooperation with the US .
Sentence 2: The Soviet Union was officially neutral until June 1941 in Asia , and until August 1945 in Europe , when it attacked Japan in cooperation with the U.S .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?