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What Is a Russian Warship Doing in Vietnam?

Russia’s Marshal Shaposhnikov Udaloy-class destroyer stopped in Vietnam on its way back to Vladivostok, the home base of ...
A Newsweek map tracks how a Russian naval task group traveled from the country’s Pacific Coast to the Red Sea during a long-distance voyage in the Indo-Pacific region. The flotilla, consisting of the ...
Destroyer RFS Marshal Shaposhnikov (543) shown Oct. 5, 2025, as it sailed between two Japanese southwest islands to enter the Philippine Sea. Japan Joint Staff Office photo Three Russian Navy ships ...
Corvettes RFS Sovershenny (333) and RFS Rezkiy (343) and fleet oiler Pechenga were spotted Feb. 16, 2026, near Japan after recently departed for an Asia-Pacific deployed. Japan Joint Staff Office ...
During the visit, Russian and Thai naval sailors will hold joint communications and maneuvering exercises in Thailand’s territorial waters SATTAHIP /Thailand/, October 21. /TASS/. A Russian Pacific ...
The Pacific Fleet reported that during its long-distance deployment, the corvette Gremyashchy took part in the Russia-Myanmar naval maneuvers Marumex 2025 VLADIVOSTOK, December 23. /TASS/. The ...
January 30, 2026: China seems to expect Russia will pay for Chinese assistance to the Russian war in Ukraine by returning to China territories that Russia had seized in the past. This is another ...