Russia and China hold drills in Sea of Japan

Moscow says it has dispatched warships just a day after China said its navy was preparing for joint exercises with Russia

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00:00 Russia's defence ministry says it has dispatched warships to the sea of Japan. This a day after

00:06 Beijing announced it had dispatched its own navy vessels in the area in a bid to strengthen

00:11 military ties between the two countries. The exercises will apparently focus on "safeguarding

00:17 the security of strategic waterways" - however Ukraine's allies have slammed the move as

00:22 another sign of intensified Chinese-Russia cooperation, despite Moscow's full-scale invasion

00:28 of Ukraine. China claims to be neutral in the conflict.

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