The Russian ships, together with the Chinese Navy, carried out tactical maneuvering and organization of inspection actions of the conditionally captured cargo ship, which was used as the tanker Boris Butoma
MOSCOW, January 25. /tass/. Russian and Chinese navy sailors worked out the inspection and release of a conditionally seized cargo ship during the "Peaceful Sea - 2022" exercises in the Arabian Sea. This was reported on Tuesday in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
"In the western part of the Arabian Sea, joint Russian-Chinese naval exercises "Peaceful Sea - 2022" took place. <...> During the exercises, Russian ships, together with the Chinese Navy, carried out tactical maneuvering and organization of inspection actions of a conditionally captured cargo ship, as which the tanker Boris Butoma was used. Also, the sailors of the two countries worked out the release of the conditionally seized vessel," the message says.
It notes that from the Russian side, a detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet (TOF) took part in them as part of the Nakhimov Guards Order of the Varyag missile cruiser, the Admiral Tributs large anti-submarine ship (BOD) and the Boris Butoma large sea tanker. The Chinese Navy was represented by the Urumqi missile destroyer and the Taihu integrated supply ship.
"The navy carried out the transfer by helicopter of a conditionally wounded man from the Admiral Tributs BOD to the Urumqi destroyer. For these purposes, the Ka-27PS deck helicopter of the naval aviation of the Pacific Fleet was used," the Russian military department noted.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation clarified that after the completion of the exercises, the detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet continued to perform tasks according to the long-range campaign plan.
Earlier it was reported that a detachment of ships of the Pacific Fleet went on a long trip from Vladivostok in December 2021. The ships took part in the Russian-Indian naval exercise PASSEX and the Russian-Iranian-Chinese naval exercise CHIRU-2022.
