British forces lead dramatic war games in Estonia as Nato seeks to counter Russia threat: ‘We are ready to fight’
by Kim Sengupta
May 10, 2024
4 minutes
Apache helicopter gunships carry out strafing runs in support of troops on the ground storming Russian positions. A series of fortified trenches have been cleared in fierce close-quarter combat, and a counterattack repulsed with the use of drones and missiles.
The mission, Swift Response, is being carried out by British-led forces in Estonia as part of Nato’s biggest military exercises since the end of the Cold War, ranging from the Baltics to the Balkans. It comes amid an increasingly heated confrontation with Moscow following Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
There have been repeated warnings from the opposing sides, Nato and Moscow,
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