A detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet) returned to Vladivostok, where it was solemnly received after a joint Russian-Chinese patrol in the Pacific Ocean. It has been reported telegram channel Pacific Fleet.
According to the press service of the fleet, the detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet consisted of large anti-submarine ships “Admiral Tributs” and “Admiral Panteleev”, as well as the corvette “Hero of the Russian Federation Aldar Tsydenzhapov”.
The Pacific Fleet stated that the joint patrol took more than three weeks. The ships of the fleet, together with a detachment of the Navy of the People’s Liberation Army of China, covered more than 6.5 thousand nautical miles along the Sea of u200bu200bJapan, the Sea of u200bu200bOkhotsk, the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean. . During the patrol, the Russian-Chinese detachment passed along the Kuril ridge and rounded part of the Aleutian archipelago.
In April, eight Tu-22M3 long-range bombers conducted patrols Over the Sea of u200bu200bJapan and the Sea of u200bu200bOkhotsk as part of the combat readiness control of the Pacific Fleet (Pacific Fleet).
14 April Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced Upon a sudden inspection of the Pacific Fleet. He stated that its main purpose is to improve the ability of the Armed Forces to solve the tasks of repelling the aggression of a potential enemy from the ocean and sea areas.
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