Such a decision was made because of the audacious behavior of the Russian military towards its citizens. This was on Tuesday, September 19, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov.

At the same time Turchinov cited data according to which the active phase of the exercises is conducted simultaneously at six military ranges of the Russian Federation and five military ranges of the Republic of Belarus. This makes it possible to conceal the real scale of the involvement of troops, which significantly exceeds the officially announced, "he explained, adding that as of Tuesday, September 19, the actual number of participants in all events that were held within the framework of" West-2017 "is estimated at 120 thousands of people, more than ten thousand units of military equipment, about a hundred aircraft and about 40 ships and submarines of various classes.

In the final part of the exercises, a joint visit by the Presidents of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus of one of the polygons in the territory of Russia. However, after a number of protest sentiments in Belarus related to the defiant behavior of Russian servicemen towards the citizens of Belarus, Lukashenka canceled his trip to Russia and decided to watch the exercises exclusively at the training ground in Belarus, Turchinov said..

Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in the Russian-Belarusian exercise "West-2017" Ka-52 helicopter fired rockets at the spectators. As a result of the incident, two people were seriously injured. At the same time, two cars were blown up.