Russia to close several areas of the Pacific coast for naval exercises

The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced today that it will close several coastal areas in the Pacific Ocean for the announced naval maneuvers of his Navy.

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It is about the south of the sea of Okhotsk; of the gulf of Peter the Greatwhere is the city of vladivostokand of the avacha bay, on the Kamchatka peninsula.

“Within the framework of tactical exercises and target practice torpedoes, missiles and artillery It is planned to orderly close the corresponding areas and their airspace”says the military statement.

The Vice Minister of Defence, Alexander Fomininformed the foreign military attachés of this today during a meeting in Moscow.

Russia today placed its pacific fleet within the framework of exercises whose objective is “increase the capacity of the Russian Armed Forces to repel an attack from a potential enemy from seas and oceans.

“It is necessary to rehearse actions to prevent the deployment of enemy forces in an important operational area in the Pacific, the southern part of the Sea of Okhotskand reject their disembarkation in the South Kuril and the island Sakhalin”said Sergei ShoiguMinister of Defense.

The dispute over four islands Kurilwhose sovereignty Japan claims, has so far prevented the signing of a peace treaty between Moscow and tokyopending from the end of the Second World War.

The script of the exercises Fleetunder the command of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolai Yevmenovincludes defensive actions against missile attacks, submarine search and destruction tests, and firing practices with torpedoes, artillery, and missiles.

Both Russia and China have criticized the development of atomic submarines within the framework of the bloc AUKUS (Australia, United Kingdom and USA), as a threat to stability and security in Asia.

Last month the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrovdenounced that this bloc lays the foundations for a protracted confrontation in this region after the Kremlin condemned the supply to the Navy Australian atomic submarines within the framework of this alliance.

Source: Elcomercio

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