drill

"It started really with DIY items, wallpaper strippers, ladders, drills, your usual kind of thing. As I got further into my DIY, I started to borrow the mitre saw to do the skirting boards."

Withers moves with physical confidence and perfect posture and drilled obedience.

Elaborately uniformed staff around the hall are as drilled as the soldiers who have been on parade during the day.

Military attachés, too, from a variety of embassies are observing the drill from a viewing platform.

Nato members Poland, Lithuania and Latvia, which all share a border with Belarus, are on high alert because of the "Zapad-2025" drills.