“Vostok 2022”. Russia and China seal their “friendship” with joint exercises

Against the background of the war in Ukraine, the timing is cause for concern. But it’s a late summer classic that has nothing to do with the conflict. This Thursday and until September 7, Russia kicks off its major joint Vostok military exercises, held every four years in late summer in the country’s Far East. This year China, Belarus and Syria, recognized allies of Russia, will especially be there. Note also the more surprising presence of India; “Foreign military personnel participating in the “Vostok-2022” exercise arrived at the Sergeevsky military training center in the Primorsky Territory and began preparing and receiving their equipment and weapons.the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced on August 29.

This year, “more than 50,000 soldiers, more than 5,000 pieces of weapons and military equipment, including 140 aircraft and 60 warships and support vessels“It will be mobilized,” he added in the press release, without elaborating…