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While US Treasury Secretary has not publicly condemned South Africa's plans to host naval exercises with Russia and China, analysts say her trip is aimed at countering Moscow's influence

The U.S. Embassy notes the joint military exercises off South Africa's coast will come "even as Moscow continues its brutal and unlawful war of aggression."

The Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov, which carries the hypersonic Zircon missile, is headed for the KwaZulu-Natal coast to take part in a naval exercise.

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The exercises have been condemned by Washington, but are seen as giving a PR boost to Moscow amid its ongoing war against Ukraine.

Military officials from Ukraine’s allies, led by the United States, are meeting in a push to persuade Germany to provide Leopard 2 tanks or authorize other nations to do so.

The 10-day naval exercises are a show of diplomatic independence for South Africa, which is part of an alliance with Brazil, Russia, India and China — known as BRICS.

The vessels departure after three nights of frenzied activity at a South African naval harbor was equally mysterious as its arrival, according to local media.

Fourteen days after a U.S.-sanctioned Russian cargo ship docked under mysterious circumstance at a naval yard in South Africa and unloaded its cargo, there have been no answers from the government.

‘What is the minister hiding and why is it shrouded in secrecy? The minister and the chief of SANDF have a responsibility to tell South Africans what is going on," said the DA Shadow Minister of Defence.