On March 12, Russia plans to start joint naval exercises "Maritime Security Belt - 2024".

China and Iran will also take part in this.

This is reported by the Russian media with reference to the Iranian media.

As noted, on March 12, Russia, China and Iran will start joint naval exercises "Maritime Security Belt - 2024".

At the same time, representatives of Oman, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and South Africa will be present at the exercises.

We will remind that according to Western intelligence estimates, Russia produces about 250,000 artillery shells per month for the war, which is almost three times more than the USA and Europe produce for Ukraine.