According to Ukrainian observers, during the Russian-Belarussian exercises "West-2017" military units and units carried out offensive operations, defeated the enemy in areas of concentration, at airfields and routes of nomination.
Lithuania will deploy its observers to the Russian-Belarusian joint military exercises "Zapad -2017" (West-2017), which will be held on September 14-20, according to Delfi.
Principal Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine Alexander Hug told a briefing in Kyiv on August 15 that the OSCE SMM observers had seen Russia's insignia in occupied Donbas in eastern Ukraine, according to Liga.net.