In response to US President Donald Trump moving submarines closer to Russia, Putin has kicked off ‘war game training’ with China in a bleak display of their allied force.

Trump earlier revealed two US Navy nuclear submarines are ‘getting closer to Russia’, after an online jibe with former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.

Now, Russia and China in spirit of camaraderie showed off their strengthening military ties as they took part in staged mock combat drills and other war games in the Sea of Japan together.

This comes just a day after Trump moved submarines packed with nuclear warheads towards Russian waters.

A statement from China’s Defence Ministry said the Joint Sea-2025 drills were launched in waters nearby Vladivostok, Russia’s largest port on the Pacific Ocean.

Four Chinese vessels, including guided-missile destroyers Shaoxing and Urumqi, will be participating in the drills which will span across three days.

The exercises will include ‘submarine rescue, joint anti-submarine, air defence and anti-missile operations, and maritime combat’, followed by naval patrols in ‘relevant waters of the Pacific’.

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Russia and China, which signed a ‘no-limits’ strategic partnership shortly before Russia went to war in Ukraine in 2022, conduct regular military exercises to rehearse coordination between their armed forces and send a deterrent signal to adversaries.