UK 'Is Equipped For War Against Russia'

The UK is fully equipped to fight a war against Russia should Nato be attacked, a senior military officer has said.

Air Marshal Richard Knighton, deputy chief of the defence staff, rejected claims made by one of his predecessors, General Sir Richard Barrons, that “Nato isn't ready.

General Barrons told the House of Commons Defence Committee on April 19 that Nato will have a call to make should Russia attack members of the alliance, adding: And that call would be easier if we had made any preparations at all to act in those circumstances at the speed required, and we have not. But AM Knighton told the same committee on Tuesday that Nato's mission was “to deter an attack and that Russia is learning a lesson about the cost of invasion in Ukraine.