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. Show moreShow less
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. Show moreShow less
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. Show moreShow less
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. Show moreShow less
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 Show moreShow less
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.Show moreShow less
Russian President Vladimir Putin uses a pair of binoculars while watching the Zapad-2017 war games. Show moreShow less
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. Show moreShow less
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. Show moreShow less
Russian war games rattle West
Russia’s biggest war games since 2013 have the West looking on nervously.