MOSCOW – Russia said on August 29 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.
Reuters: Russia rejects allegations it will use war games to launch an invasion
Russian deputy Defence minister Alexander Fomin attends the briefing prior the military exercises Zapad-2017 in the Russian Defence Ministry headquarter in Moscow on August 29.
