US Politics | Russia and China begin enormous war games with 50,000 troops, 60 warships and 140 planes in message to the West

RUSSIA and China has launched enormous war games with 50,000 troops, 60 warships and 140 planes in a chilling message to the West. Moscow said the drills will take place in Russia's Far East and in the Sea of Japan until September 7. APChina and Russia launched wargame drills in the Sea of Japan this month '/ ' EPARussia is sending hundreds of piece of military equipment for the drills '/ ' GettyChina has sent 21 fighter jets to partake in the Vostok 2022 games '/ ' Russia's top military chief General Valery Gerasimov is overseeing the Vostok 2022 (East 2022) drills involving troops from several ex-Soviet nations as well as India, Laos, Mongolia, Nicaragua and Syria. Moscow's Su-35s fighter jets have been recorded intercepting 20 moving air targets as part of the drills. ...In the course of carrying out tasks to repel an air attack of a mock enemy as part of the Vostok-2022 strategic command and staff exercise, the crews of the Su-35S fighters of the Eastern Military District intercepted over 20 air targets, the role of which was performed by Su-30SM aircraft,... a report said. It said pilots on Su-30SM fighter planes manoeuvred through the sky and shot down enemy planes, according to RIA News. READ MORE ON WORLD WAR 3 SEEK AND DESTROY China 'blasts US ships' in war games & plots 'Pearl Harbour-style attacks' BLITZED TO BITS China would destroy 900 US jets in battle for Taiwan, war games predict The daring move will see Russia and China...s navies ...practice joint action to protect sea communications, areas of marine economic activity and support for ground troops in littoral areas... in the Sea of Japan. Beijing has already committed 2,000 troops and some 300 armoured vehicles, 21 fighter jets and three warships to the drills, according to Chinese media reports. Beijing's mouthpiece the Global Times said the manoeuvres marked the first time the country has sent all three branches of its military to take part in drills with Russia, which it dubbed a ...show of breadth and depth... of the two countries' military cooperation. Its defence ministry said it wanted to ...deepen pragmatic and friendly cooperation between the militaries of the participating countries... to ...enhance the ability to jointly respond to various security threats.... Most read in The US Sun CUP RUNNETH OVER I'm a 28i-cup & tried Skims swim – my boobs were hanging over the edges WHAT THE TRUCK? STOP! Kardashian fans rip Kim for 'mocking' poor people in gas station pics OUT OF THIS WORLD! 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Russia is understood to have lost nearly a third of its army's strength since invading Ukraine, according to the UK's Chief of the Defence Staff. Alexander Gabuyev, an analyst who follows Russia-China relations, said Vlad wanted to divert attention from his flagging forces under attack in south and eastern Ukraine. He said: ...The Russian leadership demonstrates that everything goes according to plan and the country and its military have resources to conduct the maneuvers along with the special military operation.... Russia and China have made repeated chilling threats to blast the UK and US as tensions simmer over Ukraine and Taiwan. Just last month, China extended its largest-ever exercises around Taiwan beyond the four days originally scheduled in retaliation over Nancy Pelosi's visit \- including rehearsing sinking US submarines. The country had also bragged about its ability to sink US aircraft carriers using hypersonic missiles. EPARussia is said to be struggling to recruit troops for its war in Ukraine '/ ' Meanwhile, Russia has issued a string of threats to the West during its invasion of Ukraine. One of Putin's cronies previously boasted Moscow's Satan-2 nuke can demolish ...half of the US coast.... In July, Moscow announced plans to hold exercises from August 30 to September 5, even as it wages a costly war in Ukraine. Under Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Putin, Beijing and Moscow have grown increasingly close. A year ago, Russia and China held joint military exercises in north-central China involving more than 10,000 troops. In October, Russia and China held joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan. Days later, Russian and Chinese warships held their first joint patrols in the western Pacific. Shortly before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Beijing and Moscow announced a ...no limits... partnership. It comes as Putin also cozies up to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Putin has written to the tyrant to form a pact to unite the pariah nations against the ...hostile... West. The concerning kinship has stoked fear among security agencies who fear their alliance could result in disastrous consequences. AFPPutin has made a series of chilling threats to the West '/ ' AlamyIt's feared Xi Jinping is plotting WW3 with Putin '/ '

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