Add Russia as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Russia news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Add InterestPresident Vladimir Putin on Thursday attended Russia's biggest-ever war games, which involved some 300,000 troops as well as a significant contingent of Chinese forces. The Chinese media have described the People's Liberation Army involvement in the drills as the country's largest-ever dispatch of forces abroad for war games. From China's perspective, the emerging military alliance with Russia sends a strong signal to the U.S. and its ally Japan. Russia, which has waged a military campaign in support of Assad, strongly warned the U.S. against military action in Syria.

Source: ABC News September 13, 2018 07:24 UTC