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UK troops in new NATO battlegroup's biggest exercise yet

UK troops have taken part in Exercise Platinum Lion in Bulgaria as NATO's new multinational battlegroup completed its biggest exercise yet.

Soldiers took on dry-fire combat exercises and simulated attacks with allies from the US and Bulgaria.

The battlegroup was formed to reinforce the alliance's eastern flank amid the Ukraine conflict.

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