Four years ago, the Russian Federation carried out the ZAPAD 2017 maneuvers. The media, especially European ones, gave absolutely incredible figures about the number of men and materials involved in them. They even talked about the possibility that these maneuvers would actually serve to camouflage an upcoming invasion of the Baltic Republics. The truth is that, despite the spectacular figures offered, the truth behind the exercises was very different and the NATO-Russia military balance was never in a strategic situation of instability in favor of Moscow. Throughout the following lines, a detailed explanation of the strategic reality before, during and after ZAPAD 2017 is offered, with the hope that it will serve to avoid similar situations *.
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