24 March 2025, 07:54

By Alan Zycinski

'There’s a realism about all of this that maybe wasn’t there a few years ago', one Major told me as we stood watching six young soldiers inching their way through a suspected 'minefield' in the Scottish Highlands.

“It’s certainly a lot easier to make them understand why we’re doing all this”.

Army protocols prevented him from spelling it out for me as a reporter watching their training competition for the day, but it’s a fair bet to say he was referring to the fact these troops could soon end up in Ukraine if peacekeeping plans become reality.

They were certainly acting........

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