>Diesel-electric submarines of the Chinese and Russian navies have conducted a joint patrol in the Asia-Pacific region for the first time earlier this month, Russian media reported on Wednesday, citing a statement by Russia’s Pacific Fleet. A Chinese expert said that the joint patrol displayed the two navies’ underwater interoperability.
>The joint patrol was launched in early August, following the conclusion of the China-Russia Exercise Joint Sea 2025 in the Sea of Japan, according to the Russian news agency TASS.
>The diesel-electric submarine Volkhov of the Russian Pacific Fleet and a submarine of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy took to patrolling along an approved route in the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. After performing their mission, the crews returned to their home bases, per the Russian Pacific Fleet statement, as quoted by TASS.