The publication is the work of Financial Times journalists who detailed a list of targets in the Far East.
Tally contains 160 seatswhich the Russians wanted to attack in the event of an armed conflict. This includes: Japanese and South Korean nuclear power plants, central and regional commands of the armed forces, roads, bridges and industrial plants.
It is worth noting that data comes from 2013 and 2014i.e. before the full-scale invasion began Moscow w Ukraine.
Russia is full of fears about its eastern borders. A plan was created
As reported, the plan came from the concerns of Kremlin specialists eastern reaches of Russia. The areas there are close to the allies United States in Tokyo and Seoul.
In other words: when Moscow attacks, for example, the Baltic states, it would have to take into account a response from the east.
The declassified documents come from 28 Russian military files and contain previously unknown information about the details of how nuclear weapons work, the specifics of war games and the assumptions of the Chinese invasion.
Interestingly, the declassified documents show in detail mission of the Russian Tu-95 sent on February 24, 2014 to the Far East. Both machines went to Japan and South Korea on a 17-hour flight to test the air defense of both countries and obtain new information.
It is worth noting that Russia and Japan still have unresolved dispute from the end of World War IIwhen Soviet soldiers occupied Kuril Islands and drove out the Japanese living there. Both countries have not signed a peace treaty to this day.
War in Ukraine. Putin cooperates with North Korea
The publication noted that currently Asia became the apple of my eye Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader maintains close relations with Chinaand North Korean soldiers are fighting on the Ukrainian front.
Kim Jong Un he sent about 12,000 to war. soldiers. Their main goal is to recapture those occupied by Ukraine areas in Russia's Kursk Oblast.
– The European and Asian theaters of war are directly connected to each other and inextricably linked – the former official assessed the current situation NATO arms control officer William Alberque.
Source: “Financial Times”