The USS Benfold has arrived at the Chinese port of Qingdao in an apparent move to build trust between the US and Chinese navies. The visit comes after a Hague tribunal angered Beijing by rejecting China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea.
It has been reported that Russian tanks have been spotted moving into occupied territory in Crimea, which was seized following an operation carried out by Vladimir Putin’s forces in 2014.
Witnesses have reported large amounts of Russian military hardware massing near the towns of Dzhankoy and Armyansk in northern Crimea, close to the border with Ukraine.
The Egyptian Ministry of Defence announced on August 4 that a Molnya-class missile corvette presented by Russia to the Egyptian navy in 2015 has been commissioned into service.