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Russia may be telling 'true lies' about its 'unprecedented' war games with China — and it wouldn't be the first time

Russia has touted this week's Vostok-18 exercise as "unprecedented in scale." And while it's no doubt big, Moscow may be using old tricks to inflate the numbers for political purposes at home and abroad.

  • Russia is carrying out "unprecedented" military exercises in its far east this week, with China taking part for the first time.
  • But there are a number of reasons to believe Moscow has vastly overstated the size of the force involved in the war games and maneuvers.
  • It wouldn't be the first time Russia used misleading figures, and as in the past, doing so serves propaganda purposes at home and abroad.

This week, Russia kicked off its Vostok-18 military exercises, drills that defense officials claim involve some 300,000 troops, 36,000 tanks, 1,000 aircraft, and scores of warships and have touted as "unprecedented in scale."

That's roughly a third of the entire Russia military, much of which would have to be moved to the far east to participate in these large-scale maneuvers.

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