Ukraine Gate- Kyiv – April 30, 2022- Britain plans to send eight thousand soldiers to Eastern Europe to conduct military exercises to participate in large-scale exercises in Europe
The exercises will also be deployed from Finland to North Macedonia according to plans that were intensified after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as the exercises will involve tens of thousands of NATO and allied forces, including Finland and Sweden.
The British Ministry of Defense noted that the exercises were long planned and intensified in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February after Europe’s security became more important than ever. The largest joint deployment since the Cold War.
It is also noteworthy that the Royal Forces will participate in exercises in Finland, which has a land border of 1,300 km with Russia.
