According to Britain’s intelligence chief Jeremy Fleming, the West may not have been able to predict a Russian nuclear attack in time. There is never any assurance in this area, The Telegraph quoted Fleming as saying, even though it has a “good chance” of being detected. According to the Director of Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), discussions of Russia’s use of nuclear weapons alone are “extremely dangerous”.
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According to Fleming, the Kremlin knows that nuclear war cannot be won. He said Russian President Vladimir Putin’s veiled nuclear threat was reckless. Fleming also emphasized NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s remarks that the Defense Coalition is closely watching Russia’s nuclear capabilities. The British government, on the other hand, has declined to say how it would react to a nuclear attack by Russia, according to The Telegraph.
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Tobias Ellwood, chairman of the House of Commons Defense Committee, previously said that transparency would be the barrier that helps prevent hostile acts by Russia. UK Defense Secretary Alec Shelbrook, however, said it would not be strategically prudent.
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According to Shelbrook, planning a solution to a potential incident has never been a wise tactical move. He said the UK would follow the path that the British government has set out and fully follow what the NATO Secretary-General has described.
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For the UK and its allies, any deployment of nuclear weapons would violate a ban on their use that has been in place since 1945, and for Russia it would have major implications, as President Putin should make clear, Shelbrook told the UK parliament. said in.
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British Prime Minister Liz Truss previously committed to continuing to provide military aid to Ukraine until it defeated Russia.
“We will not rest until Ukraine wins,” Truss told the UN General Assembly on 22 September. “At this critical moment of conflict, I pledge that we will maintain or increase our military support to Ukraine for as long as it is necessary.”
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