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The UK could soon be at war with Russia with British soldiers forced to 'man the ramparts' and fight Putin's forces on a new front in eastern Europe, a former British general warned today.

General Sir Richard Shirreff, ex-deputy supreme commander of Nato, has said Britain's first line of defence is now the border of former Soviet states who fear they could be next after the invasion of Ukraine.

He said: 'There is a possibility that we as a nation will soon be at war with Russia. We in this country must recognise that our security starts not on the white cliffs of Dover - it starts in the forests of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.'

Boris Johnson today warned Vladimir Putin has triggered a 'catastrophe for our continent' as he prepares to address the nation and unveil 'unprecedented' sanctions after Russia launched what appears to be a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, sending troops, tanks and artillery into its neighbour from the north, south and east while bombarding cities, airports and military targets with missiles.

Sir Richard has said today's invasion must change Mr Johnson's 'mindset' - warning that he believes Putin is bent on restoring the USSR, which was split into 15 republics when it imploded in 1991.

Speaking to the BBC's Today programme, he was asked by Nick Robinson if Britons and their 'children and grandchildren' may be 'expected to fight' the Russians, and Sir Richard replied: 'Absolutely. If Russia puts one bootstep into Nato territory, we are all at war with Russia.

'Article 5 (of the Nato alliance) says an attack on one is an attack on all, so we need to change our mindset fundamentally, and that is why I say our defence starts in the UK on the frontiers of Nato.'

He added: 'It is very possible he might move into Nato countries and lead to war with thirty countries'. But he warned that Britain or Nato cannot deploy in Ukraine 'because that will precipitate a third world war'.

He went on: 'We need to look at our own security. We must really man the ramparts in eastern Europe as an alliance.

'We should mobilise the forces, such as we've got, as I'm afraid the cupboard is pretty bare after a decade-plus of cuts. Our government must be examining carefully what needs to be done to reinforce the East and send the most powerful signal that Nato is ready and willing to defend its territory'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10546503/Retired-Generals-chilling-warning-Britain-soon-war-Russia.html

NwaNimo1:
It's on......like a thong!

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