Russia has launched week-long military drills involving forces from China and other nations.
The exercise shows growing defence cooperation between Moscow and Beijing as they both face tensions with the United States.
Russian defence ministry said the Vostok 2022 (East 2022) exercise will be held until September 7 at seven firing ranges in Russia’s Far East and the Sea of Japan, and that it involves more than 50,000 troops and 5,000 weapons units, including 140 aircraft and 60 warships.
The large-scale manoeuvres also seem to be intended to demonstrate that Russia has sufficient military might for enormous drills even as its troops are engaged in action in Ukraine, reports Aljazeera.
The drills involved troops from several ex-Soviet nations, China, India, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua and Syria.
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