Trip to Estonia to Visit British Troops

Since 2017 the UK has led a multinational battlegroup in Estonia, one of several established by NATO in 2016 to “enhance” its military footprint in the eastern part of the Alliance.

Essentially, this is our troops leading the multi-national group protecting the Eastern flank of the Alliance.

The UK has regularly deployed an armoured infantry battlegroup, equipped with Challenger 2 tanks and Warrior infantry fighting vehicles, on a six-month rotation, numbering around 900 personnel.

I recently went as part of a cross-party group of MPs to visit the British Army battlegroup that is currently deployed. The vital link to the UK is, as ever, supplied by our friends and neighbours at RAF Brize Norton, and I can rely to you first hand that our Estonian friends are extremely grateful for our presence. It feels very close to the front, out here.

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