TOKYO, Japan — Japan scrambled fighter jets after Russian aircraft flew around the archipelago for the first time in five years, Tokyo said Friday.
From Thursday morning to afternoon, the Russia n Tu-142 aircraft flew from the sea between Japan and South Korea towards the southern Okinawa region, according to a defense ministry statement.They then traveled north over the Pacific Ocean and finished their journey off the northern island of Hokkaido, it added.The planes did not enter Japan ese airspace but flew over an area subject to a territorial dispute between Japan and Russia , a ministry official told AFP on Friday.
The drills are part of a major naval exercise that Russian President Vladimir Putin has described as the largest of its kind in three decades.Russia and China have ramped up military cooperation in recent years, with both railing against what they see as the US domination of global affairs.They declared a 'no limits' partnership shortly before Moscow launched its offensive in Ukraine in 2022.
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