Britain and other north European states will create naval force outside of NATO to counter Russia, first sea lord and chief of naval staff in the UK, General Gwyn Jenkins, has said.
Moscow has repeatedly denied what it calls ‘hysterical’ claims it plans to attack NATO states or anywhere in Western Europe, arguing that they are being made by Western politicians to distract the public from problems at home and justify increased military spending.
It also says that Russia will only fight NATO if it is attacked first.
During https://cosmoschronicle.com/russia-to-stop-natos-gunboat-diplomacy-in-the-baltic-sea/his speech at the Royal United Services Institute on Wednesday, Jenkins announced that members of the British-led Joint Expeditionary Force, which has been in place since 2014, signed a statement of intent last week to set up a new multinational maritime force.
The war fleet includes the Netherlands, all five Nordic nations (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden) and the Baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.)
As the crisis in the Middle East unfolds following the USA-Israeli attack on Iran, the British naval chief insisted Europeans should not lose sight of the fact that “Russia remains the gravest threat to our security.”
The naval force will be commanded from London and serve as a “complement to NATO,” according to Jenkins.
It will see the fleets of the ten nations training and preparing together to be ready to “fight immediately if required, with real capabilities, real war plans and real integration” by 2029.
Russian incursions into our waters has jumped by almost a third in the last two years, the British naval chief claimed, adding that Britain expects this activity by surface vessels and submarines to intensify.
Moscow began deploying frigates to escort its oil tankers after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer threatened to seize them in late March. Since then, almost a hundred tankers have passed through British waters unimpeded, according to the Guardian.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who now serves as the deputy chair of Russia’s Security Council, reiterated on Thursday that the Kremlin has no aggressive plans regarding Europe.
And what are the Europeans saying?.. They are saying every day: ‘The Russians will definitely attack us….’ You all know where that is heading.
If you keep saying that the war is inevitable, it will start. There could be plenty of reasons and causes for that, Medvedev warned.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2026.
Picture of a man living in the world of non- reality –wee weak Britain a small island with 72,000 of an army that needs the help of the USA to direct its nuke missiles which are American made for the most part . Faslane in the Gareloch where I used to sea fish by Helensburgh is the main base with a loading base in Loch Long the next loch . The Loch Long base is filled with American technicians it used to be a second WW testing area for torpedoes I went camping near it . I honestly think the… Read more »
The fruitcake that has no moral, knowledge or whatever a military leader needs, taking on Russia declaring they are trespassing British waters ???
As I keep saying —TWO ( 2 ) Sarmat missiles will flatten the UK from lands End to John O, Groats and the USA has been given the right to take over the UK in the event of Britain being flattened . I must look out my Claymore to defend myself against the American army -look how they treat Japan – rape the women/ murder the inhabitants etc –if the CIA in the UK murder a British citizen they don’t get prosecuted and that includes their wife’s one of which mowed down a motor cyclist killing him and left for… Read more »