Missile systems deployed to one of the Kuril islands in the north Pacific part of a wider strengthening of Russian defences, says defence minister
Gareth Jones
Russia said on Wednesday that a division of its Bastion coastal defence missile systems had been deployed to Paramushir, one of the Kuril islands in the North Pacific, some of which Japan claims as its territory. Shoigu was speaking to Russia’s top army brass a day after President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping cemented their “no limits” partnership at talks in the Kremlin with agreements on deeper energy and military co-operation.
Russian armed forces in the east of the country have received about 400 items of modern military equipment over the past year, including SU-57 jets and anti-aircraft missile systems, said Shoigu.Shoigu also said the modernisation of Moscow’s air defence system would be completed this year.
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