Ukrainian reservists attended a military exercise at a training ground near Kiev as tensions with Russia pushed more Ukrainians to sign up to territorial defence units.

Satellite and data analysis has revealed that as many as 80,000 troops loyal to President Vladimir Putin may be poised to launch a lightning raid on Ukraine’s capital Kiev from Belarus.

Tension has been rising for months in the World War One-style trenches of eastern Ukraine as the world held its breath waiting for the first salvo of a terrifying war with Russia.

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