Russia's war games Pictures - CBS News Russia's war games Russian Army helicopters fire flares over Sakhalin Island in Russia's far east during military exercises, July 16, 2013. The maneuvers in Siberia and the far eastern region involved 160,000 troops and about 5,000 tanks - a massive show of force unprecedented since Soviet times. Watch: Russia holds biggest war games in decades Credit: Alexei Nikolsky/RIA Novosti- Presidential Press Service/AP