Russia has begun major war games in the Baltic in a bid to “counter” NATO ’s largest-ever exercise testing air and missile defence systems - with terrifying footage even showing amphibious soldiers.
The Western alliance’s show of force was concentrating on defending Poland plus ex-Soviet states Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in the Ramstein Legacy drill.
Vladimir Putin has hit back, sending 60 surface warships and support vessels to sea, along with 40 aircraft and helicopters and up to 2,000 units of weapons, military and special equipment, said the Baltic Fleet.
