As Russia is foaming at the mouth, everyday warning about nuking London, Britain is also preparing to nuke Moscow if necessary. Britain’s armed forces must be prepared to ‘fight and win’ to prevent the spread of war in Europe, the new head of the Army is warning.
In a speech on Tuesday, General Sir Patrick Sanders, the Chief of the General Staff, will say he had never seen such a clear threat to peace and democracy as the ‘brutal aggression’ of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
He will liken the current situation to the run up to the Second World War, saying Britain must be prepared to ‘act rapidly’ to ensure it is not drawn into a full-scale conflict through its failure to contain Russian expansionism.
The calls for armament came as NATO said Monday it would boost its high readiness force from 40,000 to 300,000 troops and send more heavy weaponry to its eastern flank.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg called it ‘the biggest overhaul of our collective defence and deterrence since the Cold War’.
His latest warning, in an address to a conference organised by the Royal United Services Institute think tank, comes after he wrote to all the troops under his command telling them they must prepare ‘to fight in Europe once again’.
Speaking at the same event, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace is expected to issue a fresh call for increased defence spending in the years ahead to counter the growing threat.
His call comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson prepares to join other Nato leaders in Madrid for a summit at which they are expected to agree the biggest overhaul of the Western military alliance since the end of the Cold War.
A defence source did not deny reports that Mr Wallace asked Mr Johnson in a letter to lift the annual military budget from the current Nato minimum target of 2% of GDP to 2.5% by 2028.
‘We do not comment on alleged leaks. The Defence Secretary and the Prime Minister have always said that the Government will respond to any changes in threat which is why in 2020 the Ministry of Defence received a record defence settlement,’ they said.
Liz Truss said Nato should focus on increasing flexibility in resource deployment, the use of modern techniques such as ‘hybrid warfare, the weaponisation of migration, the use of cyber attack’, and spending more on defence.
‘Two percent needs to be a floor, not a ceiling for defence spending’, the Foreign Secretary said in an interview with Die Welt, La Repubblica and El Pais.
In his first public engagement since taking up his post, Gen Sanders will say his focus is on mobilising the Army to help prevent the spread of war in Europe by being ‘ready to fight and win alongside our Nato allies and partners’.
‘In all my years in uniform, I haven’t known such a clear threat to the principles of sovereignty and democracy, and the freedom to live without fear of violence, as the brutal aggression of president Putin and his expansionist ambitions,’ he is expected to say.
‘This is our 1937 moment. We are not at war – but must act rapidly so that we aren’t drawn into one through a failure to contain territorial expansion.
‘I will do everything in my power to ensure that the British Army plays its part in averting war.’
Despite the recent emphasis on new capabilities, such as drones and cyber warfare, he will say that land forces will remain crucial in any conflict, adding: ‘You can’t cyber your way across a river.’
In a reference to the start of the First War World, Gen Sanders will say that ‘this is not the rush to war at the speed of the railway timetables of 1914’.
Instead he will say deterring Russia means ‘more of the Army ready more of the time’ from ‘the general in (Ministry of Defence) Main Building, to the young lance corporal in the barrack room, from the reservist on a weekend exercise, to the civil servant in Army headquarters’.
In his speech, Mr Wallace will reiterate his call for increased investment in defence to meet the changing international environment.
In March the Defence Secretary wrote to Chancellor Rishi Sunak ahead of his spring statement warning UK defence spending was set to drop below the Nato minimum of 2% of GDP by the middle of the decade unless the Treasury committed more resources.
A defence source said: ‘The Defence Secretary is expected to emphasise that now that the threat has changed, governments must be prepared to invest to keep us safe.’
As well as Britain’s commitments, Washington has announced it plans to send Ukraine sophisticated anti-aircraft missiles, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told reporters, meeting a long-standing request from Zelensky.
The summit of the G7 – which comprises Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States – ends on Tuesday and will be immediately followed by a NATO meeting in Spain.
In Brussels, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced plans to greatly expand the alliance’s rapid-reaction forces as part of its response to an ‘era of strategic competition.’ The NATO response force currently has about 40,000 soldiers. NATO will agree to deliver further military support to Ukraine – including secure communication and anti-drone systems – when its leaders convene in Spain for a summit later this week, Stoltenberg said.
Britain’s defense ministry said Russia is likely to rely increasingly on reserve forces in the coming weeks. Analysts have said a call-up of reservists by Russia could vastly alter the balance in the war but could also come with negative political consequences for President Vladimir Putin’s government.
It comes after Russia attacked a shopping centre – leaving at least 13 dead – in apparent provocation to coincide with the G7 summit in Bavaria.
Scores of civilians were feared killed or wounded in a Russian missile strike Monday on a crowded shopping mall in Ukraine’s central city of Kremenchuk, Ukrainian officials said.
At least 13 people were dead and more than 40 wounded by two long-range X-22 missiles fired from Tu-22M3 bombers that flew from Shaykovka airfield in Russia’s Kaluga region, said Ukraine’s air force command.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Telegram post that the number of victims was ‘unimaginable,’ citing reports that more than 1,000 civilians were inside at the time of the attack.
‘The Russian strike today on the shopping centre in Kremenchuk is one of the most brazen terrorist acts in European history,’ he said in his evening broadcast posted on Telegram.
Images from the scene showed giant plumes of black smoke from a shopping center engulfed in flames, as emergency crews rushed in and onlookers watched in distress.
Zelensky said the target presented ‘no threat to the Russian army’ and had ‘no strategic value.’ He accused of Russia of sabotaging ‘people’s attempts to live a normal life, which make the occupiers so angry.’
Boris Johnson condemned Vladimir Putin’s ‘cruelty and barbarism’, speaking on the day Zelensky addressed the G7 summit to urge G7 leaders to supply missile defence systems, and said it would strengthen the resolve of allies to resist Putin.
Mr Johnson said: ‘This appalling attack has shown once again the depths of cruelty and barbarism to which the Russian leader will sink.
‘Once again our thoughts are with the families of innocent victims in Ukraine.
‘Putin must realise that his behaviour will do nothing but strengthen the resolve of the Ukraine and every other G7 country to stand by the Ukraine for as long as it takes.’
Earlier, the Prime Minister said the ‘price of freedom is worth paying’ and the UK must be prepared to support Ukraine’s fight against Russia for as long as it takes despite the cost.
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Does anyone anywhere realize how much bullshit is being slung at the sheep every second of every day ?
When the Jews call themselves “The Race of Master Liars,” they aren’t kidding.
Pedophiles, thieves, murderers, and baby-blood-drinkers. It’s all they are. It’s all they’ll EVER be.
” . . . a boot stamping on a human face FOREVER . . .”
What’s unforgivable is the cowardice of all non-Jews !
You deserve what you tolerate !
The Prime Mamzer and his Ukrainian counterpart regard the UK as expendible in the “by any means necessary” fight for the New Khazaria.
Who’s the Tertius Gaudens?
What proportion of world population do Whites now comprise, under ten percent? And pissants like those featured in the story plus Farage’s guest Tuesday night GB News want another white -vs- white war.
https://www.trunews.com/stream/ecumenical-alliance-seeks-to-declare-kiev-as-new-jerusalem
https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/4279/Is-Israel-Planning-To-Relocate-To-Ukraine.aspx
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/asa-winstanley/israel-still-arming-ukrainian-nazis
Russia declared war against the Globalist World Order and Putin rejected the Rothchilds . Putin is a convert to Christianity and worked hard to bring back many rights and well being to his people. The evil western elites want a world war because of this, and because their pedophilia and COVID murders are about to catch up with them. Throw away the Afghanistans and support Nazis… who would have ever guessed.
why do you believe Putin was converted to Christianity???
Boris obviously wants everyone in UK to die. A few days ago he said he wants the whole world to be injected with poison by the end of the year.
Now, he’s picking a fight against Russia
Why isn’t he behind bars?
The only military power UK have are Naval bathtubs with leaks and fucked engines along with 50 year old upgraded Tornados aircraft. Just as well ask Putin over for tea and hand him the keys to the our country. Got a be better than the bomb surely.
A very good question. Especially as last month, part of the early response by this joke of a government to ‘covid’ in the UK (sending the elderly and vulnerable from hospitals to unprepared care homes) was ruled as unlawful by 3 High Court judges. Where are the arrests????
The alleged attack on the shopping centre was almost certainly carried out by the Ukrainians in a pitiful attempt by Z elensky to get NATO to start WW3, also, the British had a really hard time trying to defeat the IRA and had to bribe the IRA in order to get them to stop their bombing campaign on the mainland. General Sir Patrick Sanders (of the river) has obviously been on the booze again.
Apparently according to Google maps the Mall has been empty four months and is being used by Ukrainian military, now that makes more sense why the missile attack took place.
The actions against the IRA and the Protestant militants were not a war, though at times they might have seemed like it. It is incredibly hard to use men trained as soldiers to keep the peace in a hostile, but civilian, environment over a prolonged period.