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Associated Press: British troops land in Estonia for NATO mission to deter Russia

By Associated Press.
Estonian volunteers participate in a military training during Utria Assault, the NATO member's biggest annual military competition, on Jan. 14, in Narva.
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British troops have arrived in Estonia as part of a major Nato mission in the Baltic states to deter Russian aggression.

Around 120 soldiers from the 5th Battalion The Rifles landed at the Amari airbase on Friday, 25 miles south-west of the capital, Tallinn.

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