Russian, Chinese navies to conduct joint patrols

6/8/2025 18:32

Russian and Chinese naval vessels will

conduct joint patrols in the Asia-Pacific following recent

exercises in the Sea of Japan, Russia's Interfax reported on

Wednesday.



"Crews of the Russian Navy and China's PLA Navy will form a

new task group to carry out joint patrol missions in the

Asia-Pacific region," Interfax said, citing a statement from the

Russian Pacific Fleet's press service.



The two navies held joint drills in the Sea of Japan over

Aug 1-5 that included artillery firing, practising

anti-submarine and air defence missions, and improving joint

search and rescue operations at sea.



During the final phase of the exercises, Russian large

anti-submarine ship Admiral Tributs and corvette Gromky,

together with Chinese destroyers Shaoxing and Urumqi, carried

out live-fire training drills and crews practiced searching for

and neutralising a mock enemy submarine, Interfax reported.



The Pacific Fleet earlier said that the drills were

defensive in nature and not directed against any other

countries.



Russia and China, which signed a "no-limits" strategic

partnership shortly before Russia went to war in Ukraine in

2022, conduct regular exercises to rehearse coordination between

their armed forces and send a deterrent signal to adversaries.