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UK military chiefs warn of limited capacity for prolonged war with Russia

The Zioneer Intelligence Desk
UK military chiefs warn of limited capacity for prolonged war with Russia

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TL;DR

The UK is unlikely to sustain a full-scale war with Russia independently, according to military chiefs cited by the OSINTdefender channel. They warn that Britain lacks the logistical and manpower capacity for a prolonged conflict, and would instead rely on NATO support and arming Ukraine.

01 · THE DISPATCH

British military chiefs have privately concluded that the UK lacks the resources to fight a full-scale war with Russia alone, according to the OSINTdefender channel. The assessment, published Monday morning, warns that Britain's limited army size and strained logistics make a prolonged unilateral campaign unsustainable.

Instead, the analysis projects that the UK would lean heavily on NATO allies and continue its strategy of arming Ukraine to degrade Russian military capacity without deploying British combat troops. The warning comes amid repeated Russian nuclear sabre-rattling and statements by President Putin that no one has ever achieved a strategic defeat of Russia — as The Zioneer reported on June 12.

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