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The exercise comes as NATO revealed its warplanes were scrambled 400 times this year as they respond to a 50% rise in Russian military air activity around Europe compared with 2013
Some 1,350 British troops and 500 armoured vehicles have joined a NATO training exercise in Poland. Pictures: MoD
Black Eagle is intended to be a show of strength by the alliance amid increasing tensions between the West and Russia over its annexation of Crimea and supporting Ukrainian separatists
The commitment is Britain's largest to the region since 2008 and is an attempt to support allies in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States
The British soldiers involved are from The King's Royal Hussars, 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh and 26 Engineer Regiment
The Ministry of Defence said the exercise marked "a significant demonstration of the UK's support to the region"
