BRITAIN faces war with Russia within the next five years, the previous head of the British Army has warned. Former Chief of the General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders, 59, said the UK must accept that armed conflict with Vladimir Putin by 2030 is a "realistic possibility". Advertisement 2 Former Chief of the General Staff General Sir Patrick Sanders said the UK must accept that armed conflict with Putin by 2030 is a 'realistic possibility' Credit: Alamy Gen Sir Patrick, who retired from the military last year, cautioned that the Army is currently too small to survive more than the first few months of such a war.
And he added that he did not know how many more "signals" ministers needed to realise it must strengthen the nation's defences. He said: “If Russia stops fighting in Ukraine, you get to a position where within a matter of months they will have the capability to conduct a limited attack on a Nato member that we will be responsible for supporting, and that happens by 2030. “I don’t know what more signals we need for us to realise that if we don’t act now and we don’t act in the next five years to increase our resilience .
.. I don’t know what more is needed.
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