The Ministry of Defense has announced that 10 Russian Navy vessels have passed through the Tsugaru Straits from the 10th to the 11th.
The Ministry of Defense is analyzing the purpose of navigation, etc., considering that the Russian army is activating activities around Japan.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft and ships confirmed that 10 Russian Navy vessels were sailing in the Pacific Ocean about 180 km east-northeast of Cape Erimo in Hokkaido around 2 am on the 10th. ..
It was confirmed that destroyers and frigates passed through the Tsugaru Straits and went out to the Sea of Japan on the 11th.
The Russian Navy has been conducting large-scale maritime exercises in the Sea of Okhotsk since last month, and it is believed that 10 vessels participated in this exercise.
Since the Tsugaru Strait is an "international strait," the navigation of foreign vessels, including warships, is internationally recognized, but one of the Ministry of Defense officials told the interview that "there are so many Russian Navy vessels. It is rare to pass through the Tsugaru Straits at once, and it is possible that Japan was restrained by imposing sanctions on Russia. "
The Ministry of Defense is analyzing the purpose of navigation, etc., considering that the Russian army is activating activities around Japan.