China’s Defence Minister announced joint naval and air drills with Russia earlier this month. Russia launched the largest post-Soviet drill that will continue until 16 September and it includes 400 warships,submarines and support vessels, more than 120 planes and helicopters and over 90,000 troops.
The ministry said the “Northern United-2024” exercises would take place in the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk farther north to strengthen the strategic cooperation of the states that are deepened after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As Russia is also against the western influence. The drills are aimed to combat enemy aggression together. Putin invited 15 countries to observe the drill. Japan observed five Chinese naval planes sailing toward the Sea of Japan. As both countries have territorial sea disputes with Japan so Japan is doing strict patrolling.
