Head of Russian general staff reassures NATO over war games: RIAMOSCOW (Reuters) - General Valery Gerasimov, the chief of Russia s general staff, told Curtis Scaparrotti, a U.S general who is NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, that Moscow s latest military exercise was purely defensive, the RIA news agency reported. RIA said that Gerasimov was referring to the exercise, codenamed  Zapad , or  West , which began on Thursday and will last until Sept. 20. It is being conducted on military ranges in Belarus, western Russia, Russia s exclave of Kaliningrad and in the Baltic Sea. NATO is closely watching the exercises and says they are larger than the 12,700 servicemen Moscow has publicized, actually numbering some 100,000 troops, and involve firing nuclear-capable ballistic missiles. worldnews
head russian general staff reassure nato war games riamoscow reuters general very gerasimov chief russia general staff told curtis scaparrotti general nato supreme allied commander europe moscow latest military exercise purely defensive ria news agency reported ria said gerasimov referring exercise codenamed rapid west began thursday last it conducted military ranges belarus western russia russia exclave kaliningrad basic sea nato closely watching exercises says larger servicemen moscow publicized actually numbering troops involve firing ballistic missiles worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Head of Russian general staff reassures NATO over war games: RIAMOSCOW (Reuters) - General Valery Gerasimov, the chief of Russia s general staff, told Curtis Scaparrotti, a U.S general who is NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, that Moscow s latest military exercise was purely defensive, the RIA news agency reported. RIA said that Gerasimov was referring to the exercise, codenamed  Zapad , or  West , which began on Thursday and will last until Sept. 20. It is being conducted on military ranges in Belarus, western Russia, Russia s exclave of Kaliningrad and in the Baltic Sea. NATO is closely watching the exercises and says they are larger than the 12,700 servicemen Moscow has publicized, actually numbering some 100,000 troops, and involve firing nuclear-capable ballistic missiles. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: head russian general staff reassure nato war games riamoscow reuters general very gerasimov chief russia general staff told curtis scaparrotti general nato supreme allied commander europe moscow latest military exercise purely defensive ria news agency reported ria said gerasimov referring exercise codenamed rapid west began thursday last it conducted military ranges belarus western russia russia exclave kaliningrad basic sea nato closely watching exercises says larger servicemen moscow publicized actually numbering troops involve firing ballistic missiles worldnews