00:00The Kremlin has sent two groups of warships for joint manoeuvres with China in the Asia-Pacific this week in a demonstration of forces aimed at attracting attention during the meeting of NATO leaders in Washington.
00:13Two corvettes left the Vladivostok port in the Russian Far East to carry out specific missions in the Asia-Pacific region.
00:21These 2,200-tonne warships will carry out anti-submarine, air defence and anti-sabotage exercises at sea during their deployment, the Press-Rustas agency said.
00:31It is not clear when their mission will end or if the ships will stop in any port.
00:37On Monday, the office of the General Staff of the Japanese Ministry of Defence said that the corvette Reski and Gromki had crossed the Tsushima strait, a strategic navigable route that separates the Korean peninsula from the Japanese archipelago.
00:50The ships are continuing their journey to the southwest, from the Sea of Japan to the Sea of East China, the report said.
00:57A third Russian ship was spotted by the Japanese naval forces on Saturday.
01:02The spy ship of the Vishnya class, Karelia, sailed from the north of the Philippine Sea to the Sea of East China, passing through the Miyako Strait, the General Staff said in a separate report.
01:13It is not clear whether Karelia, a ship used for information gathering, will participate in the exercises.
01:20At least five Russian warships passed through the Sea of East China this month.
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