Russian, Chinese navies hold drills in Sea of Japan

The Russian Pacific fleet, Russian and Chinese navy, as part of the planned common exercises, says that the artillery and anti -submarin exercises in the Japan Sea.

The exercises said US President Donald Trump ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in “appropriate areas” in response to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s statements.

However, they were planned long before Trump’s action.

The Interfax News Agency said that Russian and Chinese ships from the Pacific Fleet were moving in a common detachment, including a large anti -Russian submarine ships and two Chinese Muhrip.

Diesel electric submarines from two countries, as well as a Chinese submarine rescue ship, he said.

Maneuvers are part of the exercises entitled “Sea Interaction-2025” planned to end on Tuesday.

Interfax, Russian and Chinese sailors will make artillery firing, anti -submarine and air defense tasks, and will develop joint search and rescue operations at the sea, he said.

Russia and China, who signed a “unlimited” strategic partnership shortly before going to war in Ukraine in 2022, are doing regular military exercises to rehearse the coordination between the armed forces and send a deterrent signal to competitors.

Trump said that the submarine order was on Friday in response to Russia’s words “extremely provocative” about the risk of war between Medvedev’s nuclear armed enemies.

Russia and the United States have the largest nuclear arsenal in the world.

It is very rare that both countries are deployed and located in nuclear submarines.

Trump’s comments increased a tension with Moscow because it was disappointed with lack of progress to end the Ukrainian War.