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Zapad 2025: Russia-Belarusian military drills stoked fears but delivered little punch

Matthew Day
 17.09.2025, 20:51
Photo: PAP/EPA/SERGEY BOBYLEV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL
Russian President Vladimir Putin inspects weapons at "Zapad 2025" military drills. Photo: PAP/EPA/SERGEY BOBYLEV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL

Zapad showed that the Russian army had little to spare owing to the war in Ukraine.