Smoke rises at a firing range during the Zapad-2017 war games, held by Russian and Belarussian servicemen, outside the town of Ruzhany in Belarus, September 17, 2017.
Belarussian Mi-8 helicopters fly in formation during the Zapad-2017 war games, held by Russian and Belarussian servicemen, near a firing range outside the town of Ruzhany in Belarus, September 17, 2017.
A Belarussian Mi-8 helicopter flies above a firing range during the Zapad-2017 war games, held by Russian and Belarussian servicemen, outside the town of Ruzhany in Belarus, September 17, 2017.
A Belarussian Mi-8 helicopter fires while flying above a firing range during the Zapad-2017 war games, held by Russian and Belarussian servicemen, outside the town of Ruzhany in Belarus, September 17, 2017.
Crew members operate a Belarussian Mi-8 helicopter during the Zapad-2017 war games, held by Russian and Belarussian servicemen, outside the town of Ruzhany in Belarus, September 17, 2017. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Belarussian Mi-8 helicopters fly in formation above a firing range during the Zapad-2017 war games, held by Russian and Belarussian servicemen, outside the town of Ruzhany in Belarus, September 17, 2017.
Russian President Vladimir Putin uses a pair of binoculars while watching the Zapad-2017 war games.
A parachuter descends before landing at a firing range during the Zapad-2017 war games, held by Russian and Belarussian servicemen, outside the town of Ruzhany in Belarus, September 17, 2017.
A Belarussian Mi-8 helicopter transports participants of the Zapad-2017 war games, held by Russian and Belarussian servicemen, above a firing range outside the town of Ruzhany in Belarus, September 17, 2017.
Russian war games rattle West
Russia’s biggest war games since 2013 have the West looking on nervously.