ロシア海軍１０隻、津軽海峡通過　ウクライナ侵攻と呼応か―防衛省

　防衛省は１１日、ロシア海軍の軍艦１０隻が津軽海峡を通過したと発表した。同海軍は２月にウクライナ周辺の自軍と呼応する形で、極東地域で大規模な海上演習を実施。１０隻はこの参加艦艇とみられ、岸信夫防衛相は同日の記者会見で「ウクライナへの侵攻が行われる中、わが国周辺でロシア軍の活動が活発化するのは懸念すべきものだ。緊張感を持ち警戒監視に当たる」と話した。外交ルートで関心を表明したという。
　防衛省によると、１０日午前２時ごろ、北海道襟裳岬の東北東約１８０キロの太平洋上を進むロシア海軍のウダロイI級駆逐艦など１０隻を海上自衛隊の哨戒機が発見。１０隻は１０日夜から１１日未明にかけ津軽海峡を通過し、日本海に向かった。領海侵入はなかったという。（2022/03/11-12:17）

Ten Russian navy ships have passed through the Tsugaru Strait between Japan's Honshu main island and the country's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, the Japanese Defense Ministry said Friday.
   In February, the navy conducted a large-scale maritime exercise in Russia's Far East region in step with Russian forces stationed around Ukraine. The 10 warships are believed to have participated in that exercise.
   "It is concerning that the Russian military is stepping up operations around Japan while Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues," Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi told a press conference Friday. "We will keep a close watch with a sense of tension," he added. Kishi also said that Japan has expressed its concern through diplomatic channels.
   Around 2 a.m. Thursday (5 p.m. Wednesday GMT), Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force patrol aircraft found the 10 ships, including a Udaloy-class destroyer, sailing in the Pacific Ocean at a point some 180 kilometers east-northeast of Cape Erimo in Hokkaido, according to the ministry.
   The 10 ships passed through the Tsugaru Strait from Thursday night to early Friday, heading for the Sea of Japan. It appears that they did not intruded into Japanese territorial waters.