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Scottish soldiers prepare for NATO deployment to Estonia with urban combat drills
The battalion has spent weeks on live-fire, urban combat and helicopter drills to test readiness for the multinational exercise.
- Troops from The Royal Regiment are preparing to deploy to Estonia for Exercise Spring Storm, a large-scale multinational Nato exercise near the Russian border.
- To prepare for the demanding environment, soldiers spent weeks training across England on Exercise Black Cyclone, which pushed troops "physically and mentally" through high-intensity scenarios.
- Among those deploying is 18-year-old Fusilier Evan Slater from Viewpark, North Lanarkshire, who is participating in his first overseas exercise.
- The exercise will test Nato combat readiness while supporting the assessment of Estonian armed forces and strengthening regional defences across the Baltic.
- This deployment builds on the regiment's recent experience working with Nato allies in Eastern Europe, including last year's Exercise Hedgehog, featured in a BBC documentary.
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