Zapad-2017

Business Insider: Russia just finished the Zapad military exercises that freaked out NATO – Here’s what we know

Russia finally concluded its quadrennial Zapad-2017 military exercises last week. The exercises, which were held in Belarus and western Russia for six …
Business Insider

Euronews: Western concerns over Russia-Belarus military drills

Seven days of joint Russia-Belarus military exercises have ended amid a warning from the Lithuanian president that the drills could be used as a …
Euronews

Associated Press: Belarus president says Russian forces won’t stay after war games

MINSK, Belarus — On the last day of joint Russian-Belarusian military exercises that rattled the countries’ neighbors, the president of Belarus says …
Associated Press

Reuters: Belarus plays down Western fears of aggression stirred by joint war games with Russia

BORISOV FIRING RANGE, Belarus – Belarus said on Sept. 20 the West had no reason to fear attack by its close ally Russia or that Moscow could leave …
Reuters

Reuters: Helicopter mistakenly fires on parked vehicles in Russia war games

A military helicopter on a rural training exercise in western Russia mistakenly fired rockets at a group of parked vehicles, knocking at least one …
Reuters

Guardian: Russian helicopter accidentally fires rocket at onlookers

A Russian attack helicopter accidentally fired at least one rocket into a group of people during large-scale military exercises close to Nato’s …
Guardian

UNIAN: Zapad 2017 drills – Ka-52 attack helicopter fires missile at spectators (VIDEO)

Two spectators sustained grave injuries after one of the pair of Ka-52 attack helicopters flying in an attack formation accidentally fired a rocket …
UNIAN

Reuters: Putin watches as Russia intensifies war games that have rattled West

MOSCOW – President Vladimir Putin observed Russia’s biggest war games in years on Sept.18, watching as his forces successfully repelled an imaginary …
Reuters

Minsk says Russia sent in no more than 3000 troops for exercise

MINSK – About 3000 Russian troops were redeployed to Belarus to take part in the Zapad 2017 exercise, with all of them arriving by the time maneuvers …
Interfax-Ukraine

Washington Post: Russia kicks off war games with Belarus as US, NATO watch anxiously

 Russia on September 14 kicked off a week of war games with ally Belarus that have NATO neighbors and the United States watching anxiously, but also …
Washington Post

Associated Press: Russia war games in Belarus spark anxiety in Baltics

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are watching with concern the latest round of Russian military drills that some analysts think might be the largest of …
Associated Press

Associated Press: Jitters in Europe as Russia-Belarus war games set to begin

Military officials in Belarus have sought to calm Western fears about major war games with Russia getting underway September 14 that involve thousands …
Associated Press

Business Insider: Russia is about to kick off a war game that is freaking out NATO

Russia is going to war on September 14, and though it’s against a fictional country, NATO has been panicking about it for months. Every four years, …
Business Insider

BBC: Russian Zapad military exercise in Belarus raises tension

It is being billed as a military exercise, but when Russian and Belarusian forces start Zapad-2017 this week, many neighbouring countries will be …
BBC

Belarusian opposition protests Zapad 2017 exercise in Minsk

MINSK – An unauthorized opposition rally against the Zapad 2017 joint Belarusian-Russian exercise in Belarus is taking place in the center of the …
Interfax-Ukraine

UNIAN: Ukraine boosts security on borders ahead of Zapad-2017 military drills

Ukraine has strengthened control along its state border ahead of the Russian-Belarussian military exercises Zapad 2017 (West 2017), President Petro …
UNIAN

The Guardian: NATO accuses Russia of blocking observation of massive war game

Russia has been accused by the head of NATO of blocking the alliance from properly observing next week’s Zapad military exercises, when about 100,000 …
The Guardian

UNIAN: Ukraine beefs up border security pending Belarus-Russia major war games

The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has reinforced patrols in all the sectors of the Ukrainian border in connection with the Russian-Belarussian …
UNIAN
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