 Russia and China have completed naval drills in the East China Sea after a week of joint exercises, which included practicing how to capture an enemy submarine with depth charges and firing artillery at a warship. Russia's Defense Ministry said on Wednesday, December 28, that December 21, 27 exercises entitled Maritime Interaction 2022 included Russia's Pacific Fleet and were carried out in waters of Zoshan and Taizhou in China's Zhejiang province. China's official Hinhang news agency said. Detachment of warships of the Pacific Fleet and the naval forces of the People's Liberation Army of China have completed practical tasks within the framework of the bilateral naval exercises, Russia's Defense Ministry said. The ships of the two countries, with the support of anti-submarine aviation, jointly searched for the submarine of a conditional enemy and fired a volley of jet-depth charges, the ministry said. The ministry published a video showing a group of Russian and Chinese warships in the East China Sea, with Russian sailors speaking in Mandarin to their Chinese counterparts and Russian ships firing missiles. Once a leader in the global communist hierarchy, Russia after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, is now a junior partner to a resurgence in China which already leads in some 21st century technologies. Chinese leader He Jinpeng is due to speak to President Vladimir Putin before the end of the year, task news agency said.