Overview

• A Russian-Chinese naval task force including the destroyer Shaoxing, the supply ship Qiandaohu and the destroyer Admiral Tributs docked in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky on August 12 to replenish supplies.
• The resupply follows a five-day Joint Sea-2025 exercise off Vladivostok and the launch of a maritime patrol on August 6 that traversed the Sea of Japan and Sea of Okhotsk.
• Beijing and Moscow frame the operation as part of an annual cooperation program focused on maritime surveillance and safeguarding bilateral economic activities.
• Avacha Bay sits roughly 575 miles from Alaska’s Attu Island, highlighting how routine logistics can position the flotilla near U.S. territory and potential Arctic approaches.
• It remains uncertain whether the patrol will proceed north toward the Bering Sea or return south near Japan and whether U.S. or allied forces have been deployed in response.