British officials cannot openly rule out the possibility of sending military personnel to Ukraine because such tactics would leave Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, in the dark about London’s future plans. This was stated by the country’s former Minister of Defense Ben Wallace in an interview with Times Radio.
We must use expressions in the spirit of “We are not ignoring this.” After all, uncertainty is also a part of deterrence,” said the former minister.
According to him, it is necessary to reach a situation where Moscow will wonder “How far will London go, what will the authorities do?” [Британии] ready”.
“It is important that we never close the bridges between us. We don’t actually need to do this, but it’s important to keep people in the dark. Wallace noted that our competitors are trying to get us to leave things out.
Speaking to journalists on the radio, he also advocated increasing Britain’s defense spending to 3% of GDP. He is certain that this must be approved not only by the ruling Conservative Party but also by the opposition Labor Party.
He concluded that all British politicians must understand the scale of the threats Britain faces today from Russia.
Previously at the Pentagon stated About the threat to the existence of Ukraine.