Admiral Tony Radakin said Russia was the “biggest threat” to Britain.
London:
The head of Britain’s armed forces has dismissed “wishful thinking” speculation that Russian President Vladimir Putin is suffering from ill health or may be assassinated.
As the Conservative Party picks a successor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Admiral Tony Redkin also said that Britain’s next leader should know that Russia is Britain’s “greatest threat” and that its challenge will remain for decades.
“I think there are some comments that he’s not well or really definitely someone is going to kill him or take him out, I think they’re wishful thinking,” the chief of defense staff said of Putin. Said in a BBC television interview broadcast on Sunday.
“As military professionals we see a relatively stable regime in Russia. President Putin is able to eliminate any opposition, we see a hierarchy that is invested in President Putin and therefore anyone at the top can challenge President Putin. has not been inspired,” Radakin added.
“And he’s foggy.”
The military chief said Russia’s land forces could now pose a lesser threat after the failures in the war in Ukraine.
He estimated that the invasion killed or wounded 50,000 Russian soldiers and destroyed about 1,700 Russian tanks as well as about 4,000 armored fighting vehicles.
“But Russia remains a nuclear power. It’s got cyber capabilities, it’s got space capabilities and it’s got special underwater programs, so it can threaten the underwater cables that carry the world’s information to the whole world.” allows you to move in.”
Radkin said Ukraine would dominate the military briefing for Johnson’s successor, when he takes office on September 6.
“And then we have to remind the Prime Minister of the extraordinary responsibility that lies with the UK as a nuclear power, and that is part of the initiation for a new British Prime Minister.”
Meanwhile, Radakin was questioned about a BBC investigation that found commandos in Britain’s elite Special Air Service (SAS) corps had killed at least 54 Afghans under suspicious circumstances a decade ago, but the command The military chain of the U.S. assuaged the concerns.
He said the military police had already established that “it didn’t happen” but would investigate again if any concrete evidence emerges.
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