Russian Pacific Fleet On High Alert In Snap Drills
Faizan Hashmi Published April 14, 2023 | 03:50 PM
Moscow, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Apr, 2023 ) :Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday said the country's Pacific Fleet had launched surprise combat drills as tensions rage with the West over Ukraine.
The Kremlin called the exercises "routine" and said they were aimed at developing Russia's armed forces.
At a meeting with Russia's top brass, Shoigu said the Pacific Fleet, headquartered in the port of Vladivostok, was on high alert during snap exercises begun on President Vladimir Putin's orders.
"The main goal of this exercise is to build up the armed forces' ability to solve the tasks of repelling the aggression of a potential enemy from the direction of ocean and sea," Shoigu said.
The aim was "to evaluate the state and increase the readiness of military command, troops and forces to undertake missions in all strategic directions," Shoigu added.
The defence minister said the forces will prevent the enemy from deploying in "the operationally important region of the Pacific Ocean -- the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk" and repulse an enemy landing in the southern Kuril Islands and Sakhalin Island.
The southern Kuril islands, which Tokyo calls the Northern Territories, are at the heart of a long-running feud between Russia and Japan that has prevented them signing a formal World War II peace treaty.
The head of the Russian navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov, is overseeing the drills, Shoigu said.
During the exercises, Russian forces will practise searching and destroying submarines, "repelling large-scale rocket and aviation attacks" and launching rockets, torpedoes and artillery fire against seaborne and ground targets.
The exercises were announced as China said its defence minister will visit Russia between Sunday and Wednesday.
Both Russia and China have expressed "concern" over NATO's growing presence in the Asia-Pacific region.
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