A former Nato commander believes plans due to be put forward by Sir Keir Starmer to send fewer than 30,000 European peacekeeping troops to Ukraine aren’t credible and that Britain must prepare for war with Russia.
General Sir Richard Shirreff said Russia must be defeated before any peacekeeping mission, but warned allied powers deploying peacekeeping soldiers should be ready for “full-scale state on state warfare” if Moscow’s forces attack them.
He added the Prime Minister will be “laughed out of court” by Donald Trump next week when he travels to Washington unless the Prime Minister signals defence spending will rise to at least 3 per cent.
The ex-Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe of Nato called on European powers to arm Kyiv to defeat Vladimir Putin on the battlefield before any peacekeeping force is deployed.
Conscription of around 30,000 Britons a year must also be considered to boost the size of the British Army to 100,000, he believes, although as a professional soldier he said he “hated” the idea of conscription, with training to prepare Armed Forces reservists in the event of the “worst case”.
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General Sir Richard Shirreff said Russia must be defeated before any peacekeeping mission, but warned allied powers deploying peacekeeping soldiers should be ready for “full-scale state on state warfare” if Moscow’s forces attack them.
He added the Prime Minister will be “laughed out of court” by Donald Trump next week when he travels to Washington unless the Prime Minister signals defence spending will rise to at least 3 per cent.
The ex-Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe of Nato called on European powers to arm Kyiv to defeat Vladimir Putin on the battlefield before any peacekeeping force is deployed.
Conscription of around 30,000 Britons a year must also be considered to boost the size of the British Army to 100,000, he believes, although as a professional soldier he said he “hated” the idea of conscription, with training to prepare Armed Forces reservists in the event of the “worst case”.
UK must prepare for war and bring back conscription, warns ex-Nato commander
'Where are the air defence missiles defending London, Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast and other cities?' General Sir Richard Shirreff tells The i Paper
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