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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's military said on Thursday that it had spotted four large Russian amphibious warfare ships sailing close to its islands as they traveled west, possibly towards Europe.
Pictures of the amphibious transports, typically used for landing expeditionary forces ashore, published by Japan's defence ministry showed what appeared to be military trucks loaded onto the deck of one of the vessels.
We don't know where they are heading, but their heading suggest it is possible," a Japanese defence ministry spokesman said. Asked if they could be bound for Ukraine, he said "it is possible".
A Japanese Self Defense Force maritime patrol first detected the Russian vessels, which can carry dozens of tanks other military vehicles and hundreds of troops, on Tuesday and monitored them as they passed West from the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan through the narrow Tsuruga Strait separating Japan's main Honshu island from Hokkaido island on Wednesday.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/japan-spots-four-russian-amphibious-034820163.html
BeyondGeography
(39,284 posts)Sad.
Beachnutt
(7,189 posts)and sink...
Tetrachloride
(7,728 posts)4. How much fuel.
curious questions
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)That the satellites are tracking them.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Zorro
(15,691 posts)Could get interesting.
Might also be denied passage through the Suez Canal if they're headed that way.
roamer65
(36,739 posts)Irish_Dem
(45,640 posts)But why bring in RU Pacific Fleet to Europe when there are closer RU naval bases?
JHB
(37,132 posts)Why are they sticking to a closer-to-land route?
Irish_Dem
(45,640 posts)JHB
(37,132 posts)In China?
Irish_Dem
(45,640 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)I'll bet that someone in the DoD is talking to Egypt about this.
JHB
(37,132 posts)...but for a lot of routes, it's a huge shortcut.