Chuting practice

US and British servicemen and women join Polish allies descending on their homeland yesterday as Nato launched its biggest war games in Eastern Europe since the Cold War. The exercises – staged against the backdrop of a military and diplomatic standoff between Russia and the West – are said to have caused unease at the Kremlin. Nato says the 10-day manoeuvres involved 31,000 troops to check the alliance’s ability to defend its eastern flank.