Foreign military personnel in Russia for joint military high schools

At Russia for holding public meetings high school studentsamid tension between the West on one side and Moscow and Beijing on the other, military personnel from several countries, including China, have begun arriving, the Russian military said.

These high schools, called Vostok-2022, will take place from September 1 to 7 in the Russian Far East, with the participation military from many countries that border or are allies of Russia, such as Belarus, Syria, India and especially China.

These high schools are held at a time when the tension between Russia and the West is heightened due to the war in Ukraineas well as between the US and China over Taiwan.

Concern in the US

Washington is concerned about the possibility of China’s further rapprochement with Russiatwo countries that already have close defense ties, believing that doing so would endanger global security.

“Units of foreign soldiers participating in the Vostok-2022 gymnasiums have arrived at the Sergeyevsky training area of ​​Primorsky Krai (in the Russian Far East) and have begun to prepare and receive their equipment and weapons,” the Russian Defense Ministry announced.

A total of “more than 50,000 military personnel, more than 5,000 weapons and military equipment, including 140 aircraft and 60 warships and general support vessels” will be mobilized, he explained in his statement.

However, the Russian agency did not specify how many countries are participating in the exercises, which will be conducted under the command of the Russian military general staff and include “training in defensive and offensive operations” on land, in the air, as well as in the Sea of ​​Japan and the Sea of ​​Okhotsk.

In the Sea of ​​Japan, Russian and Chinese warships, as reported by the Athens News Agency, they will be trained mainly “in the defense of maritime transport” and “in the provision of support to land forces” in coastal areas.

In mid-August, China had confirmed sending troops to Russia to participate in military trainings, pointing out that their presence was “in no way related to the current regional and international situation”.

Source: News Beast

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