Russia has left troops behind after staging war games in Belarus despite promising not to, Ukraine’s Commander in Chief Viktor Muzhenko told Reuters.
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.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine (NSDC) Oleksandr Turchynov says that Russia is ready to escalate tensions with the West up to launching a full-scale war, as evidenced by massive nuclear strike tests within the Russian-Belarusian Zapad (West) 2017 war games, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Russia is prepared to intervene militarily in Belarus, similarly to how it did in Ukraine, should the political situation in the former Soviet Republic head in a direction unwelcome by Russia, Commander of the Estonian Defense Forces (EDF) Gen. Riho Terras told ERR in an interview.
Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz says the Russian-Belarussian Zapad (West) 2017 war games will stretch beyond September 20, involving the use of nuclear weapons, according to zn.ua, referring to the official's interview with TVP Info.
Secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov estimates that over 120,000 troops and 10,000 units of military hardware are engaged in the active phase of the Russian-Belarusian Zapad (West) 2017 war-games.
General Petr Pavel, head of NATO's Military Committee says there's reason to be concerned about the large-scale Zapad 2017 military maneuvers being conducted now by Russia and Belarus, since they could be seen as "a serious preparation for big war," Voice of America reports citing the official's interview with the Associated Press.
A shipment of U.S. military equipment has been unloaded at a Baltic Sea port in Poland as Russia prepares to conduct war games across the border in Belarus, according to The Associated Press (AP).
Russia and neighboring Belarus have begun a joint military exercise near NATO's eastern flank that has fanned already deep tensions between Moscow and the West, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has told BBC that Russia must allow NATO monitors to observe its military exercises near Baltic states next week to ensure they are not being used as a disguise or precursor for aggressive action against neighbors, the alliance’s secretary general has said.
UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon has told BBC that the Russian-Belarusian joint military exercise Zapad 2017 (West 2017) are designed to provoke the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance, Peeblesshire News reports.
Ukraine has strengthened control along its state border ahead of the Russian-Belarussian military exercises Zapad 2017 (West 2017), President Petro Poroshenko said during his annual address to Parliament, according to an UNIAN correspondent.
Military expert Oleh Zhdanov has dug into Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement that the U.S. deliveries of lethal defensive aid to Ukraine could provoke the use of military force in other areas.
The west is failing to get to grips with Russian hacking and fake news, the Latvian foreign minister, Edgars Rinkevics, has said, according to The Guardian.
The joint mission of the United States and Ukraine will go for an observation flight over the territory of Belarus and Russia this week, as reported by the press service of the Belarusian defense ministry.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Meshkov has called ungrounded accusations by NATO toward Russia in connection with the Russian-Belarusian joint military exercise Zapad-2017 (West-2017), RIA Novosti reports.
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine has reinforced patrols in all the sectors of the Ukrainian border in connection with the Russian-Belarussian Zapad 2017 major war games, scheduled for September 14-20, according to TV Channel 112 Ukraine.
Russia may claim there is a threat to the security of the Russian-speaking population to justify armed aggression against Ukraine and NATO Allies during the upcoming Russian-Belarusian exercise Zapad 2017, according to Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Gen. Viktor Muzhenko.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says joint Russian-Belarusian military exercise Zapad 2017 poses potential threats to the Ukrainian state, the president's press service reports.
A country invented as part of military exercises in Belarus has caught the imagination of locals, who have created a foreign ministry, flag, history and even its own Wikipedia page for the fictional nation, according to BBC.
Russia said on Tuesday joint war games with Belarus would be purely defensive in nature and rejected what it said were false allegations it might use the drills as a springboard to launch invasions of Poland, Lithuania or Ukraine, according to Reuters.
NATO's chief says the military alliance will send two experts to attend Russia's war games with Belarus, after Minsk invited them to take part, according to The Associated Press (AP).
NATO regrets that neither Russia nor Belarus, which will conduct large-scale joint military exercises "Zapad-2017" (West-2017), has invited the Alliance experts to observe the drills at the proper level, that is, in accordance with Vienna Document 2011 on confidence- and security-building measures, according to an UNIAN correspondent in Brussels.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov does not rule out that Russia will create strike groups for invading Ukraine during the Russian-Belarusian joint military exercises "Zapad -2017" (West-2017), the NSDC's press service said.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov says that with the Russian-Belarusian joint military exercise "Zapad -2017" (West-2017) the Kremlin will test ground regarding the general readiness of its armed forces and the nation as a whole for a "big war" with the West.
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko believes that the Kremlin could provoke a hot phase of the war, president’s speaker Sviatoslav Tsegolko quoted the head of state as saying Monday.
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.
Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to gain an opportunity to use air defense systems on Belarus borders with the European Union and Ukraine, that’s according to a corresponding bill he submitted to the State Duma, according to the Russian parliament’s website.
Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Muzhenko says the Russian Federation could create advanced bases for its weapons and military equipment in Belarus under the guise of the West-2017 joint military exercises, according to LIGA.net.