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Russian leader Vladimir Putin has arrived at the Luzhski training ground (Leningrad region).

The presidential press office has published photos of Putin’s inspecting the military game:

Фота: kremlin.ru

The joint Russian-Belarusian military drills kicked off on September, 14. According to the organizers, nearly 13,000 troops are involved in the war game as well as 40 aviation equipment pieces, 140 tanks, 150 mortars and multiple rocket launchers and 10 ships. Formally, in according with the 2011 Vienna Document, in such a case a full-scale observation is not not required. But NATO officials question the figures above and make suggestions that 100,000 soldiers may take part in the maneuvers.

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