The building of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Frunzenskaya Embankment in Moscow. Archive photoMOSCOW, Jan 25The joint Russian-Chinese military exercise «Peaceful Sea-2022» took place in the Arabian Sea, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry reported. «A joint Russian-Chinese military exercise took place in the western part of the Arabian Sea «During the exercise, Russian ships, together with the Chinese Navy, carried out tactical maneuvering and organization of search operations of a conditionally captured cargo ship, which was used as the tanker Boris Butoma. Also, the sailors of the two countries worked out the release of a conditionally seized ship,» the Ministry of Defense added. In addition, the military sailors carried out the transfer by helicopter of a conditionally wounded person from the Admiral Tributs BOD to the Urumqi destroyer. For these purposes, the Ka-27PS marine deck helicopter was used Pacific Fleet aviation. From the Russian side, a detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet took part in the exercise, including the Varyag missile cruiser. Russian-Indian naval exercises «PASSEX» and Russian-Iranian-Chinese naval exercises «CHIRU-2022». commented on reports of military exercises in the Baltic Sea
