Breaking........'China stages massive-scale navy drill'

is this in response to events in the black sea?................from focustaiwan.......

"A local daily reported Monday that China's East China Sea Fleet has been conducting an unprecedentedly large-scale military exercise in the West Pacific Ocean off Taiwan's eastern coast since last week.

From June 8 through June 9 alone, 11 warships, including three Russian-built Modern-class destroyers, sailed past the Ryukyu Islands in three groups, the China Times reported.

The drill, reportedly the largest ever staged by the Chinese navy in recent memory in terms of the fleet's scale and combat power, has drawn grave Concern from the United States and Japan............LINK