Image 1 of 1 shows the launch of Moskit cruise missiles from a ship of the Russian Pacific Fleet during training in the waters of the Sea of Japan on March 28, 2023. — Photo: Russian Defense Ministry via Portal Image shows the launch of the Moskit manufactured by the Russian Pacific Fleet Cruise missiles during training in the waters of the Sea of Japan on March 28, 2023. — Photo: Russian Defense Ministry via Portal
Russia’s defense ministry said on Tuesday that a naval fleet fired antiship missiles at a simulated target in the Sea of Japan during military exercises.
maneuvers happen a week after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to Ukraine. Japan has joined the United States and Europe in condemning Russia for offensive in the Ukraine war and imposing sanctions.
“In the waters of the Sea of Japan, missile ships from the Pacific Fleet fired Moskit cruise missiles at a simulated enemy target at sea,” the ministry said in Telegram.
Accordingly, two ships took part in the exercise and reached the simulated target about 100 kilometers away.
Russian maneuvers in the region are unusual. Also this Tuesday, Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said there was a “Multiplying the activities of the Russian army in the Far Eastincluding areas near Japan”.
“We will continue to closely monitor the movements of the Russian army,” the minister said.
Russia last week claimed that two Tu95 strategic bombers had conducted “flights in airspace over neutral waters in the Sea of Japan.”
Russia’s Pacific coast is separated from Japan by the narrow Sea of Japan.
The Japanese government has not commented on the Russian military exercise.
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