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© Press service of the Eastern military district, Pacific fleet/TASS MOSCOW, September 18. /TASS/. On doctrines “the West-2017” held a successful launch of a modernized missile complex “Iskander-M” at maximum range.

The Mi-8 helicopter of the air force of Belarus during the exercises “West-2017” © REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko MINSK, 18 September. /TASS/. Russian and Belarusian division of the regional group of forces (WGE) in the framework of the exercises “West-2017” started on Monday in Belarus, working out of the conduct of defensive battle, with the support of artillery and aviation.

The Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Russian President Vladimir Putin © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, September 18. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday will visit the Leningrad region exercises “West-2017”, the press service of the Kremlin.

The official representative of the defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov © Vadim Grishanin/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, September 17. /TASS/. The defense Ministry denied the statement of the Pentagon about the impact of videoconferencing on the Syrian opposition under the Deir ez-Zor, noting that the shock is applied only for the purposes banned terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG). On the limits of operations against militants in the area, the U.S. was warned in advance through official channels, said the representative of the Russian Ministry major-General Igor Konashenkov.

© Vitaly Nevar/TASS MOSCOW, September 17. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, September 18, will inspect the progress of the strategic exercises “West-2017” in the Leningrad region.

© Sergey Bobylev/TASS SAINT PETERSBURG, September 17. /TASS/. Troops of the Western military district involved in the strategic exercises “West-2017” tanks T-72B3, the latest modifications for which these maneuvers were the first large-scale test. This was announced Sunday in a press-service of the district.

© Viktor Drachev/TASS MOSCOW, September 17. /TASS/. The Russian and Belarusian military will complete the defeat of conventional enemy during the second stage of strategic exercises “West-2017”, which begins on Sunday. This was reported in the press service of the defense Ministry.

© Vitaly Nevar/TASS KALININGRAD, September 17. /TASS/. Corvettes of the Baltic fleet in the Russian-Belarusian strategic exercises “West-2017” inflicted artillery strike at surface and shore targets, and also destroyed aircraft of the conditional opponent. This was announced by the representative of the fleet Roman Martov.

Advertising Skip the ads {{$root.cfg.modules.slider.galleryTable_4568248.stepNow *12 +1}} 6 of {{$root.cfg.modules.slider.gallery_4568248.sliderLength-1}} Entrant during testing the physical training in the Krasnodar higher military aviation school named after Hero of the Soviet Union A. K. Serov © Vitaly Timkivi/TASS The world’s first woman-cosmonaut, Deputy Chairman of the state Duma Committee on Federal structure and local self-government Valentina Tereshkova, hero of Russia, cosmonaut, Vice-Chairman of the state Duma Committee on ecology and environmental protection, Elena Serova (right to left) © Vitaly Timkivi/TASS Chief of staff of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Viktor Goremykin, Valentina Tereshkova, Deputy defense Minister Nikolai Pankov and Elena Serova © Vitaly Timkivi/TASS © Vitaly Timkivi/TASS © Vitaly Timkivi/TASS © Vitaly Timkivi/TASS Editor’s choice CSKA defeated “Rostov” in the match of 10 Matchday of the Premier League September 16, 18:21 Three Ural resident handcuffed himself near the landfill in protest against the disposal of municipal solid waste

General Director of JSC “Russian aircraft Corporation “MiG” Ilya Tarasenko © Marina Lystseva/TASS SUDAK, September 16. /TASS/. JSC “Russian aircraft Corporation “MiG” takes part in the Indian tender for the supply of MiG-29K/KUB.