Retired British General Sir Richard Barrons stated that the situation of the British army had deteriorated so much due to funding cuts that the kingdom should have been warned of its intention to attack it 5-10 years before the offensive began. He told the newspaper daily mail.
According to Barrons, during the Cold War the British armed forces could have prepared for war in hours at any time, but now, as the former general pointed out, if Russia had a hypothetical intention to attack Britain, Russian President Vladimir Putin. It will have to warn London about this for five or 10 years.
“This is not good at all. This is deeply disappointing,” said the former soldier.
Previously, Foreign Affairs, the conflict in Ukraine clarified The weakness of the European defense industry and its dependence on the USA. According to columnists Max Bregmann and Sophia Besh, European countries have not invested enough in the military in the last 20 years and their investments have been directed towards building humanitarian aid, counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism complexes in different parts of the country. World.