Badenoch warns UK underestimating Russia threat as incursions escalate
Conservative leader says government dismissing intelligence warnings of potential NATO attack by 2030 amid Russian airspace violations.
What to know
- UK intelligence assesses NATO could face Russian attack by 2030; current incursions into Lithuanian airspace are already underway.
- Badenoch contrasts Macron and Tusk's urgent response with UK government's more measured stance on the Russian threat.
- Recent CIA Director visit to Moscow reportedly aimed at warning Russia, suggesting high-level diplomatic engagement with the threat.
Kemi Badenoch Conservative Party leader
Emmanuel Macron French President
Donald Tusk Polish Prime Minister
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Badenoch criticizes UK response to Russian threat
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch posted on X that while Macron and Tusk are acting with urgency, the UK government is not taking the Russian threat seriously enough, despite intelligence assessments warning of a potential NATO attack by 2030 and ongoing smaller-scale Russian incursions.
“Macron and Tusk are speaking and acting with an urgency that makes the latest reports about Russia violating Lithuanian airspace even more concerning. It is not clear that the Government is taking the threat from Russia seriously enough.”
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Macron and Tusk are speaking and acting with an urgency that makes the latest reports about Russia violating Lithuanian airspace even more concerning. It is not clear that the Government is taking the threat from Russia seriously enough. Its own intelligence assessment says an
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And no, I do not think Macron and Tusk are blowing smoke for no reason Then why is her opinion on Iran relevant? Either she's right to call the government to account over lack of any preparations for dealing with Russia or she isn't. Your determination to discredit her opinion clearly implies you're in the latter camp.
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Either she's right to call the government to account over lack of any preparations for dealing with Russia or she isn't. Their determination to discredit her opinion clearly implies that's what they're saying.
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Almost nobody seems to remember the massacres at the start of the war or how they basically took a nuclear power plant hostage.
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My concern wasn't whether UK intelligence are sounding the alarm but whether the government are listening.