British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace in an interview with a newspaper Times He said that he presented a funny gift to his Russian colleague Sergei Shoigu.
According to the minister, before starting a special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine, Russia agreed with the head of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Oleksiy Reznikov, to code the names of weapons supplied to Ukraine with Scotch whiskey brands. For example, NLAW anti-tank guided missiles were listed in correspondence as Glenfiddich, and Harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles as Islay.
“I texted him ‘I have whiskey for you’ or ‘Whiskey is on the way,’” she explained.
Wallace noted that he arrived in Moscow a few weeks before the start of the NWO, where he held a business meeting with Shoigu. As a gift, Glenfiddich presented a single malt whiskey to the Russian minister.
“He didn’t know what that meant. It was a complete joke,” summed up the head of the British defense ministry.
In December, Wallace declarationwho keep in touch with Shoigu throughout the year to avoid miscalculations and the risk of climbing.
Formerly Shoigu brought To the head of the British Ministry of Defense, data on a possible provocation of Ukraine with a “dirty bomb”.