Moscow'swarning came after the United States imposed a new batch of sanctions, hitting 33 of Russia's most high-profile citizens with ties to the Kremlin.
According to Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, this war game would be larger than the USSR's 1981 war games with 300,000 soldiers, 36,000 military vehicles, 1,000 planes and 80 warships taking part in it.
"Kindly accept the deepest condolences over numerous human casualties caused by the devastating floods in Kerala," Putin said.
The two leaders had a comprehensive discussion on bilateral issues of mutual interest, especially in trade, investment, energy, defence and tourism, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar
Trump has sharply criticised the investigation and has maintained that there was no coordination between Russia and his campaign.
The announcement comes days after Trump and his Russian counterpart held their maiden summit in Helsinki on Monday.
Trump had met Putin in Helsinki during which he said that he had raised the issue of Russian meddling into the US presidential elections.
Trump’s statement came after opponents and his own party criticised him for not backing the American intelligence community's assessment.
The US State Department made a lot of new purchase orders specifically for the summit.
The "Terminator" star, 70, slammed Donald Trump in an Instagram video after the president held a press conference with Putin on Monday in Helsinki, Finland.
The summit began just hours after Trump blamed the United States — and not Russian election meddling or its annexation of Crimea — for a low-point in US-Russia relations.
The two world leaders held a one-on-one meeting in Finland's Presidential Palace today, which ran for over two hours. The two “spent a great deal of time” discussing allegations of Russian election meddling as they met for several hours on Monday, the US president said.
Russiann President Vladimir Putin has said that his country was the target of almost 25 million cyber-attacks during the World Cup.
“The two leaders will discuss relations between the United States and Russia and a range of national security issues,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said.
The summit meeting would be preceded by a meeting between the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov
Prime Minister Modi said the strategic partnership between India and Russia has now been elevated into a "special privileged strategic partnership".
India and Russia have been friends for a long time. Thankful to President Putin for inviting me for an informal meeting at Sochi, says PM Modi in Russia's Sochi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin began their informal summit in Sochi on Monday.
The sources said the possible impact of the US sanctions against Russia under the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) on Indo-Russia defence cooperation might also figure during the talks between Modi and Putin.
"The president congratulates him and looks forward to a time when we can hopefully have a good relationship with Russia. However, the United States believes that everyone has a right to be heard and assemble peacefully," White House said.
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