epa04689170 Ukrainian servicemen of the ‘Donbass battalion’ in action during a training session at a shooting range near the eastern city of Mariupol, Ukraine, 01 April 2015. Eastern Europe is seeing an upswing in military exercises, people training to be reservists and talk of resuming conscription. Some countries have even gone ahead and brought back the draft because Russia’s recent behaviour has the Baltic republics and Central Europe rattled. German Chancellor Angela Merkel on 01 April urged the warring parties in Ukraine to follow through on their February truce and implement the rest of the promises aimed at ending the conflict. EPA/ROMAN PILIPEY