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Russia shows off conventional and nuclear military might in drills — and raises tensions with NATO

Rutte referenced Moscow’s hypersonic missiles, noting that they shatter the notion that Spain or Britain are any safer than Russia’s neighbors of Estonia or Lithuania
The Zapad 2025 exercise comes as Russia’s 3½-year-old war in Ukraine has dragged on despite President Donald Trump’s push for a peace deal and his Aug. 15 meeting with Putin in Alaska

By AP · 16 September 2025