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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said on Tuesday that US-Japanese naval exercises are "

“We consider such actions of the Japanese side as a threat to the security of our country,” Morgulov said.. “If this practice expands, Russia will take retaliatory measures in the interests of strengthening its defense capability”.

However, he did not specify what kind of US-Japanese exercises he was talking about, and did not specify what form Russian retaliation might take..

Last week, the US and Japanese navies completed joint exercises in the East China and Philippine Seas, led by the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group.. Earlier, the Abraham Lincoln also conducted similar joint exercises in the Sea of \u200b\u200bJapan, along which Russia has a long coastline..

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Tensions between Tokyo and Moscow are growing, fueled by Japan's support for Ukraine, against which the Russian Federation has unleashed a large-scale war.. This is also facilitated by the dispute between Japan and Russia over sovereignty over the islands north of Japan, which were captured by Soviet troops after Japan's surrender to the Allied forces at the end of World War II.. Japan on Friday called four disputed islands "

Earlier, Japan expelled eight Russian diplomats and officials due to the war in Ukraine.