China Russia Drill

China is staging army drills with Belarus this week at NATO's eastern border, in a sign of escalating tensions between Beijing and the US-led defence alliance.

China hosted two Russian warships that had earlier sailed past Taiwan and Japan, and the vessels are expected to hold a joint drill with the Chinese navy during their visit, demonstrating the enduring military cooperation between the two countries.

Russia said Wednesday it had started naval exercises with China and Iran in the Arabian Sea as it seeks to shore up ties with Beijing and Tehran.

A Russian warship armed with newgeneration hypersonic cruise weapons will participate in joint exercises with the navies of China and South Africa in February, the Russian state agency,

The US, along with its allies and partners, is closely monitoring the joint naval exercises of China and Russia in the East China Sea, the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) said on Friday.

Russia's army chief on Thursday called joint naval drills between Russian and Chinese warships a response to increasingly aggressive US military posturing in the Asia-Pacific region.

Moscow announced Monday that several of its warships were participating in naval exercises starting this week with Beijing's navy, as Russia and China deepen ties amid pressure from the West.

Speaking in parliament, Taiwan's National Security Bureau Director-General Chen Ming-tong said China was paying attention to what was happening in Ukraine.

The United States has dismissed questions about India's participation in the recent multinational military exercises hosted by Russia and attended by countries like China, saying that India is a sovereign nation and it can make its own decisions.

The United States has concerns about any country conducting military exercises with Russia which has waged an "unprovoked and brutal" war against Ukraine, the White House has said.

Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in joint military drills, Beijing's defence ministry said.

Japan and the United States "will monitor recent activities of the Chinese navy as well as movements related to joint exercises by China and Russia", Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday after talks with US counterpart Joe Biden.

Iran, China and Russia held their third joint naval drills in the northern Indian Ocean on Friday, state TV reported.

Chinese and Russian air forces on Friday conducted a joint strategic aerial patrol in the Asia-Pacific region, the third such drill in recent months as the two countries firmed up their strategic alliance in the backdrop of a push by the US and NATO.

Iran, China and Russia began joint naval drills on Friday in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman, an Iranian naval spokesman said.

China is staging army drills with Belarus this week at NATO's eastern border, in a sign of escalating tensions between Beijing and the US-led defence alliance.

China hosted two Russian warships that had earlier sailed past Taiwan and Japan, and the vessels are expected to hold a joint drill with the Chinese navy during their visit, demonstrating the enduring military cooperation between the two countries.

Russia said Wednesday it had started naval exercises with China and Iran in the Arabian Sea as it seeks to shore up ties with Beijing and Tehran.

A Russian warship armed with newgeneration hypersonic cruise weapons will participate in joint exercises with the navies of China and South Africa in February, the Russian state agency,

The US, along with its allies and partners, is closely monitoring the joint naval exercises of China and Russia in the East China Sea, the US Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) said on Friday.

Russia's army chief on Thursday called joint naval drills between Russian and Chinese warships a response to increasingly aggressive US military posturing in the Asia-Pacific region.

Moscow announced Monday that several of its warships were participating in naval exercises starting this week with Beijing's navy, as Russia and China deepen ties amid pressure from the West.

Speaking in parliament, Taiwan's National Security Bureau Director-General Chen Ming-tong said China was paying attention to what was happening in Ukraine.

The United States has dismissed questions about India's participation in the recent multinational military exercises hosted by Russia and attended by countries like China, saying that India is a sovereign nation and it can make its own decisions.

The United States has concerns about any country conducting military exercises with Russia which has waged an "unprovoked and brutal" war against Ukraine, the White House has said.

Chinese troops will travel to Russia to take part in joint military drills, Beijing's defence ministry said.

Japan and the United States "will monitor recent activities of the Chinese navy as well as movements related to joint exercises by China and Russia", Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday after talks with US counterpart Joe Biden.

Iran, China and Russia held their third joint naval drills in the northern Indian Ocean on Friday, state TV reported.

Chinese and Russian air forces on Friday conducted a joint strategic aerial patrol in the Asia-Pacific region, the third such drill in recent months as the two countries firmed up their strategic alliance in the backdrop of a push by the US and NATO.

Iran, China and Russia began joint naval drills on Friday in the Indian Ocean and Gulf of Oman, an Iranian naval spokesman said.