TOKYO, Japan – Japan’s protection ministry stated late on Friday it had noticed two Russian Navy ships within the waters close to Taiwan and Japan’s Okinawa islands within the earlier 4 days, following an analogous announcement this week from Taiwan.
Taiwan’s protection ministry stated on Tuesday it had noticed two Russian frigates off its jap coast and ship plane and ships to maintain watch.
Japan’s authorities stated final month that repeated Russian army exercise close to Japanese territory, together with joint drills with Chinese forces, posed “serious concern” for Japan’s nationwide safety.
Japan and Taiwan have joined the United States and its allies in imposing wide-ranging sanctions on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine final yr.
The Japanese ministry stated two Steregushchy-class frigates have been first noticed 70 km (40 miles) southwest of Japan’s westernmost island of Yonaguni, in Okinawa prefecture neat Taiwan, on Tuesday morning.
The vessels sailed forwards and backwards via the waters between Yonaguni and Taiwan, moved eastward and have been final noticed on Friday within the waters between Miyako and Okinawa islands, it stated, including Japan dispatched two vessels to observe the Russian ships.
Russia’s Interfax news company reported on Tuesday {that a} detachment of ships of the Russian Pacific Fleet had entered the southern elements of the Philippine Sea to carry out duties as a part of a long-range sea passage. — Reuters
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