WATCH: British troops join NATO allies and Finland's military for drills against drone threats

Watch British troops join a Nato exercise after Finland announced it would begin ramping up defence efforts in a bid to thwart the threat from Russia.

The troops from the 3 Rifles took part in the drill along the alliance's northern frontier with Russia, which is currently blanketed in snow.

Around 50 soldiers from the Edinburgh-based regiment underwent six weeks of intensive Arctic warfare preparation in Finland's far north, enduring temperatures plunging to as low as minus 28C.

The deployment comes as Finnish military forces look to boost their readiness for war after Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, just as militaries across Europe consider what the Kremlin's armed forces might do next.

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