Is there any reason why we should believe Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov over any any politician? Putting cynicism aside the views expressed by Lavrov do indicate that Britain is firmly in the sights of Russia both as an adversary in the conflict with Ukraine.
The actions of the UK government, whether the perceptions articulated are correct or not, put Britain directly in the nuclear firing line should there be an escalation leading to a wider war than that between Ukraine and Russia.
‘There is no doubt that Britain is helping Ukraine to carry out terrorist attacks inside Russia, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
Speaking during the ‘Forum of the Future 2050’ in Moscow on Lavrov acknowledged that the “risk of the rise in the level of terrorist threat exists” in Russia.’ It is obvious that all this is being done by the Ukrainian side, but it would have been helpless without the support... from the British,” he said.
Such activities were previously backed by both the US and the UK, but “now we would have to do solely with the British,” Lavrov claimed.
The diplomat was referring to the fact that the UK remains one of Ukraine’s staunchest supporters, despite the US changing course under the administration of US President Donald Trump towards trying to restore dialogue with Moscow and to broker a peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict.
“Although who knows, maybe there are still some special services in the US that are participating in such activities by inertia, but the British are 100% involved in them,” Lavrov stressed.
Last week, Moscow’s ambassador to London, Andrey Kelin, similarly accused the UK of participating in Ukrainian drone raids on Russian airbases.
“This kind of attack involves, of course, provision of very high technology, so-called geo-spatial data, which can only be done by those who have it in possession. And this is London and Washington,” Kelin told Sky News. He added that he did not believe that the US was somehow involved due to Trump denying any knowledge of Kiev’s plans.
Downing Street has neither confirmed nor denied the UK’s participation, with a government spokesman saying: “We never comment on operational matters at home or abroad.”’
‘The UK has pledged to supply 100,000 new drones to Ukraine by April 2026, in addition to the 10,000 UAVs it sent last year. The announcement coincides with Britain’s newly unveiled Strategic Defence Review, which proposes steps to rearm its military in light of what it paints as a threat posed by Russia.
London has allocated £350 million ($470 million) from its £4.5 billion Ukraine military package to fund new drone deliveries to Kiev, according to a government statement.
“Ukraine’s Armed Forces have demonstrated the effectiveness of drone warfare,” London stated, admitting that Kiev’s demand for UAVs has provided a boost to the UK’s economy. (Our emphasis).
It also unveiled plans to use Ukraine’s drone experience to train its own military. In order to “learn the lessons from Ukraine,” the UK would allocate over £4 billion for autonomous systems and drones for its armed forces.
. Russia has claimed that Kiev’s Western backers, particularly the UK, France, and Germany, are puhing drone warfare in order to derail the talks and to serve their own political agendas.
London framed its new Strategic Defence Review as “a message to Moscow,” declaring Britain is “ready to fight, if required.” The UK intends to spend £1.5 billion on new weapons plants, £6 billion on long-range arms, and £15 billion on nuclear warheads, among multiple other new expenses.
Russia has repeatedly dismissed claims it plans to attack Western Europe as “nonsense,” accusing the West of using scare tactics to justify shifting public funds toward military spending.
Moscow has warned that foreign involvement, including arms deliveries would obstruct peace efforts and ultimately fail to stop Russia from reaching its military goals. Moscow has also criticised the UK’s and EU’s respective militarisation drives, warning they risk triggering a broader conflict in Europe.’
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I think Putin's government knows that a strike, nuclear or "conventional", on a NATO state, even in response to UK/EU involvement in attacks launched from inside Ukraine, would, in fact, bring the US into war with Russia, in spite of the recent change in US policy.
The danger, in my view, is that the increasingly unpopular UK and EU govts would strike first, 1) to bring the US in, and 2) to bury their internal political and social problems in the carnage of war.
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