10-ship Russian Convoy Transits Japan’s Tsushima Strait

A 10-ship Russian convoy transited Japan’s Tsushima Strait to enter the East China Sea over the weekend, according to Japan’s Joint Staff Office. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) spotted two Russian corvettes, a fleet oiler, a tugboat and six cargo ships around 5 p.m. Saturday sailing southwest 140 kilometers northeast of Tsushima, and from Saturday to Sunday, the convoy transited the strait, reads a Monday news release from Japan’s Joint Staff Office. JMSDF fast attack craft JS Shirataka (PG-826) and a JMSDF P-1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft shadowed the Russian ships. The ships with the convoy were corvettes RFS Sovershennyy