In the case that calls for involvement in the conflict in Ukraine, British Army bosses training troops for war have said they are battle-ready. The Mirror embedded in Oman with The Royal Anglian Regiment, which will next year command NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF).
Should the 30-country alliance opt to get involved, the VJTF would be the first to meet the Russian Army in Eastern Europe. This comes after claims this weekend were denied by the British Army Chiefs that they would be unprepared to lead the force from next year.
Mirror reporters were given access to a mock assault on an enemy urban area in Exercise Khanjar Oman, which is the main field training exercise of a four-month deployment for the regiment in the desert. The British troops face a "peer enemy" - an army with similar military capabilities - as they prove their force to Vladimir Putin.
