Thousands of Nato troops are taking part in the largest ever exercise to test their air and missile defence systems amid fears that President Putin’s war in Ukraine could spill over into other territory.
As jets pretending to be hostile flew over Poland and the Baltic states as part of the war games, defence ministers gathered in Iceland for talks on the continuing hostilities.
Speaking in Reykjavik, Thordis Gylfadottir, Iceland’s foreign minister, told the “northern group” of 12 nations, including the UK, that they must prepare for the “worst-case scenario” where Russia was concerned. “The threat of a direct military aggression against a Nato country can no longer be excluded,” she said.
About 3,000 Nato troops are taking part in Ramstein Legacy, which involves 17
