Putin: preparing to ‘attack’ the UK?

“Putin has been laying the groundwork for unconventional warfare for two decades,” says the Conservative MP.

Severe Fears – Risks? – On a Russian attack sparked in Britain by recent reports that Russian spy ships are operating off the British coast. Intervening, Conservative MP and member of the British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Bob Seeley, assesses that “the disappointing reality is that our potential adversaries, Russia and China, are preparing for a broader conflict.

It is reported that recently, according to a joint investigation by the television networks NRK (Norway), DR (Denmark), SVT (Sweden) and Yle (Finland), which cites information from the intelligence services of these countries, Moscow was used for espionage. Purposes of the oceanographic vessel Admiral Vladimirsky.

In an article by telegraph Although it has been speculation so far, Bob Seely, who holds a PhD in Russian military strategy, believes he is now convinced that Russian spy ships are mapping important wind farms and submarine cables off the British coast.

He confidently estimates that “there can be only one reason for this – to learn how to sabotage the vital infrastructure of the United Kingdom and Europe in the event of a full-scale war with the West.”

Britain is not ready

Of course, he also notes that despite the fact that Russia and China are preparing for a broader conflict, this does not mean that it will happen, because “preparation makes it less likely” but he urges his country to urgently acknowledge “the extent of the threat,” he said, while “our world becomes more remarkably dangerous” At the same time “Britain is not ready” for conflict, he says.

“Our collective response over the past 15 years has been denial, fueled and emboldened by Russian money and influence in the US, UK and EU,” says Bob Seely, emphasizing that the British “eyes” were opened to the war in Ukraine as the Cabinet Office Secretary issued Oliver Dowden gives an ‘unprecedented’ warning about cyber threats to UK infrastructure.

And while he praises Poland, which is rearming at an unprecedented rate, as if the worst must happen, he will be ready to defend European lands, while at the same time questioning NATO’s capabilities at sea.

He said that “Russia is looking into European weaknesses. Apart from food, the critical daily requirements of modern society are energy and communications. It is surprising that the marine arteries of modern civilization are few. For example, only three pipelines supply 43% of the essential natural gas supply.” We have… “Five electrical connectors available to and from the UK and Europe,” he says, warning that the undersea communication cables as well as the wind farms that ensure Old Albion’s energy security are mortally vulnerable to sabotage.

Putin has been preparing for two decades

According to the former British soldier, Putin has been laying the groundwork for an unconventional war for two decades. “Current Russian military thinking sees conflict as a combination of military and non-military tools of state power — ‘unifying everything’ — into a seamless whole to serve the Kremlin’s goals” and describes it as “a form of total war, employing everything from electronic civilization to conventional conflict.”

He is convinced that Russian official and illegal groups have been operating for years under the control of the Kremlin. “Russia has always used organized crime to do its dirty work, and with Wagner’s mercenaries, the ‘unofficial weapon’ of the Russian state will grow.”

Seely fears that Putin is preparing options to attack the West if he wishes to escalate without provoking a military response from NATO. “How will the UK or NATO respond to shadowy groups carrying out cyberattacks across the UK or Europe that lead to physical damage or destruction of fuel depots? Or a series of unexplained breakdowns or breakdowns in submarine cables? Would a military response be possible, as Admiral Tony Radakin argued last year?

We were naive about Russia

The MP even asked questions in the British Parliament about the possibilities of protecting the submarine cable, when the submarine cable protection platform will be fully operational and when the agency concerned will operate.

“The reality is that maritime defense is an area that Britain could naturally lead, working in particular with the Scandinavian, North Sea and Baltic allies in the ten-nation Joint Task Force,” says the Briton, adding that “all of these maritime nations have a legitimate interest in preventing Russian subversion in the oceans.But Britain’s history is unique and our naval experience is unparalleled, especially among our Northern European allies.

In the logic of black and white, S Bob Seely He believes that the current century will be fought “between two versions” of humanity: “open societies” like Britain, versus closed, authoritarian societies that use all forms of state power to oppress their own people and threaten others.

The hard-line British politician believes that his country does not want this conflict, but it must not lose. He believes that Western leaders were naive to think that China and Russia would share Western views. And as we saw with Putin, war is not only possible but necessary. Using his spy ships in the North and Baltic Seas, he threatens to expand this conflict further. We can’t let him do that.”