World War Three is still an unlikely worst case scenario, Western officials believe
Big Readthis week has put a continent already nervous about the war in Ukraine spreading beyond its borders even further on edge.
But the UK, along with its allies in Nato and Europe, are stepping up military preparations in case Russia dares to test western alliances by targeting a country beyond Ukraine. The exercise has been long-planned but the growing concerns about European, and global, instability give it an added purpose.
On Friday, Russia’s ambassador to London Andrei Kelin claimed the UK was a “de facto” participant in the Ukraine war due to its weapons and intelligence sharing with Kyiv. Since the full-scale invasion, they go the long way round – apparently to avoid anything that could be construed as an act of aggression against Nato.
But many Nato members that border Russia and are therefore most at risk to an act of aggression against the alliance pay way beyond that – Estonia spends more than 3 per cent.
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