Daily Mail: Putin personally inspects his military's huge war games exercise alongside Chinese troops and pledges to beef up Russia's army with the latest generation of weapons
* President Putin attended third day of Vostok 2018 joint military exercises in far eastern Siberia on Thursday
* Russian leader watched as 300,000 troops, 36,000 tanks and 1,000 aircraft went on manoeuvres
* He pledged to strengthen country's military though added that Russia is a predominantly 'peaceful' nation
* Exercises are the largest to take place since the fall of the Soviet Union and are taking place alongside China
Vladimir Putin flew to far eastern Siberia on Thursday to personally oversee the third day of the massive Vostok 2018 war games.
The Russian President watched as 300,000 troops, 36,000 tanks and 1,000 aircraft went on manoeuvres at the Tsugol range, near the border with China.
Putin also watched a huge military parade in which Russian troops lined up alongside their Chinese and Mongolian counterparts.
After the parade he addressed the troops, pledging to further strengthen Russia's army though adding that his country is prepared to cooperate with others on the world stage.
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