Zapad Joint Military Exercises Between Russia And Belarus

ASIPOVICHY, BELARUS - SEPTEMBER 18: An Interior Ministry policeman (L) and a Belarusian soldier watching the Zapad 2017 military exercises at the Asipovichy military training ground on September 18, 2017 in in Asipovichy, Belarus. The joint military exercises between Belarus and Russia, last held four years ago, have raised alarm in the NATO-member countries to the west over concerns that as many as 100,000 troops may take part, well above the declared 12,700, and that it will serve as cover for Russia to move a permanent contingent of soldiers to Belarus or potentially launch incursions into neighboring countries. (Photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images)