Royal Gibraltar Regiment completes Nato deployment deterring Russian aggression

The Royal Gibraltar Regiment has completed its deployment in Estonia, deterring Russian aggression on Nato's eastern flank.

Deployed on Operation Cabrit, the role of the regiment - whose nickname is the Barbarians - was to work alongside Nato allies to provide an enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) in the country.

Pictures of the deployment show some of the troops wearing winter white camouflage oversuits with their rifles, standing beneath the Northern Lights, patrolling in armoured vehicles and operating in the snow.

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Roughly 900 British personnel rotate continuously while deployed on Operation Cabrit, working alongside Danish and French forces as well as those of host nation Estonia.

The UK has a leading role in Nato's eFP to enhance security in the region, as well as to reassure allies and deter adversaries – in this case Russia.

As well as Estonia, the deployment to the Baltic states also includes multinational, combat-ready forces deployed to Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.

The eFP deployment of Nato forces was established in 2016 at a Nato summit in Warsaw, with these forces now deployed on a persistent, rotational basis.