Mikk Marran, head of Estonias intelligence agency, warnsUKtroops of Russia's 'huge tool box' of tricks

BRIT soldiers deployed to Estonia with Nato face the threat of Russian honeytraps, the Baltic states top spy has warned.

Nato troops are currently massing in the tiny country, which shares a border with Russia, in a show of strength against its aggressive neighbour.

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Some 800 UK servicemen are among those preparing to travel to the tiny country over the coming weeks.

But Mikk Marran, the head of Estonias intelligence agency, has warned them to be on their guard at all times.

The Estonian spymaster said the Kremlin will look to deploy a huge tool box of tricks in order to attack and discredit its Nato adversaries.

These Cold War-style tactics could include cyber-attacks to hack into the soldiers personal accounts and discover embarrassing information with which to blackmail them, he warned.

And he said they could extend to the use of the classic honeytrap the likes of which an unsubstantiated dossier claimed Donald Trump was caught in during a trip to Russia something he strongly denies.

Marran, the director-general of the Estonian Information Board (EIB), told the Times: We are seeing some of it already.

Some degree of noise along the lines of; These troops are not welcome by the local population.

There will be 800 young British soldiers. People will be travelling from their bases to the cities. Probably they [will] do some pub hopping.

We cannot exclude some fights that might be triggered by the opposite team, as we call it in Estonia. For example traditional honeytraps and so forth.

Last year the Army probed claims Vladimir Putin was behind a brawl involving two British troops in neighbouring Latvia.

The fracas with a group of locals was filmed by a crew linked to a pro-Russian media outlet.

Marran said of the incident: Certainly it had some Russian background to it.

Troops from 5th Battalion, The Rifles, will head the British mission, which will kick off in late March.

They will be joined by cyber warfare experts and GCHQ specialists trained to counter cyber attacks from Moscow.

Marran added: Cyber espionage might be used, disinformation campaigns might be used blackmailing on the basis of stolen data for example.

They have a huge tool box.

British servicemen will be working closely with 300 of their French counterparts, and will be joined by some 4,000 Nato troops spread across Poland and the Baltic states.

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