Warning issued as Britain ‘underestimating’ threat of Putin using nuclear weapons
The Russian conflict might “escalate in a much more dangerous way” as Britain “underestimates” the threat of Vladimir Putin using nuclear weapons, MP Bob Seely claims.
Speaking to GB News, the Conservative backbencher warns that the chance of Russia using tactical nuclear weapons is “higher than we think”.
Talking to Camilla Tominey, Seely mentioned that though Putin “probably won’t” perform a nuclear strike in worry of shedding help from China and Indian, the Russian president “always escalates out of a crisis”.
“For me, this could escalate in a much more dangerous way, whether it’s attacking western pipelines or severing the internet cables or the five interconnecters, the electricity supply lines between us and Europe,” he mentioned.
An aerial view reveals destructions within the frontline city of Bakhmut, amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine, in Donetsk area
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Tominey requested: “Do you think that’s a really credible threat?”
Seely, who has served within the UK Armed Forces, replied: “For positive, sure I do. And I additionally suppose we underestimate the potential for Russians to make use of tactical nuclear weapons.
“I did a research for the Heritage Institute a couple of months in the past and there was a current research put out by a retired US basic who mentioned really the chance of using that is greater than we expect.
“It is horrifying. But on the steadiness of chances, the Russians in all probability will not do it as a result of the Chinese and the Indians would successfully withdraw their help considerably however Putin all the time escalades out of a disaster, how is he going to escalade out of this disaster?
“Apart from one other spherical of immobilisation and extra artillery and extra strikes on Kyiv and different Ukraine cities – which is not working.”
The MP for the Isle of Wight mentioned if underseas cables – which carry fuel, electrical energy and web to the UK – are minimize it will likely be “actually tough” to pinpoint whether or not Russia carried out the assault.
He added: “There are 70 communication cables between us, Europe and North America and elsewhere on the planet.
“There are three fuel provide traces, one from Norway which is a vital one and there are 5 electrical energy connections. If these are sabotaged and the concept we’ll know it is the Russians who’ve accomplished it’s going to be actually tough.
Seely mentioned that though Putin ‘in all probability will not’ perform a nuclear strike in worry of shedding help from China and Indian, the Russian president ‘all the time escalates out of a disaster’
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“You can not go to conflict, you can’t say that we’d have a army response to this, with out being so sure and positive that it was the Russians.
“And you can suspect it but unless you’ve got that proof, no government is going to take military action or decisive action against the Russians should our supply lines be cut.”
The MP additionally claimed an excessive amount of defence spending is occurring package that “doesn’t work”.
He added: “It’s not a query about how a lot cash as a result of you’ll be able to spend that cash very badly as we all know on procurement, the place it is nonetheless a nationwide scandal.
“Some of our package is billions over funds and nonetheless does not work.”
