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THE head of Britain’s army was accused of “alarmism” today after he warned of dreamed-up military threats from Russia.
General Sir Nick Carter claimed that Russia was “building an increasingly aggressive and expeditionary force” that Britain would already struggle to match.
He said Russia had carried out “simulated attacks” in northern Europe last year, and that the “long-range strike capability” of its armed forces had been demonstrated in Syria.
While 69 per cent of Ukrainians want negotiated peace, Western leaders are cynically prolonging the war for their own strategic and economic goals, to the immense detriment of Ukraine and Europe, write BOB ORAM and MAGGIE SIMPSON
Europe is acquiescing in Trump’s manoeuvrings — where Europe takes over the US forever war in Ukraine while Washington gets ready for a future fight with China. And it’s working people who will be left paying the price, says DIANE ABBOTT MP
As US hegemony crumbles and Trump becomes ever more unpredictable, European powers cling to the pact’s militarist agenda in a bid to disguise their own increasing irrelevance, writes CHRIS NINEHAM