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meanwhile in Moscow:
The State Duma said that "weak" Great Britain cannot threaten Russia
London's latest statements about a possible build-up of forces in Europe are pure provocation, Aleksey Chepa , First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs , told Gazeta.Ru . So the deputy commented on the words of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson about the UK's readiness to strengthen the NATO battalion in Estonia and plans to send fighters and ships to protect South-Eastern Europe.
“This is pure provocation. The British Armed Forces are weak both in numbers and in the quantitative composition of weapons. Therefore, they cannot exert any significant influence or help - all this is more like a provocation. Talk about sending 100 people somewhere is just part of the information war, which has long been unleashed and has recently acquired some unimaginable character,” Chepa explained.
From the deputy's point of view, if London takes the steps outlined by Johnson, this is unlikely to pose a threat to Russia. According to him, the concern in this case is the sending of troops to Ukraine.
“If troops and some actions are delivered to Ukraine, then this is a serious threat of some kind of unexpected conflict. Sitting on a barrel of powder, playing with matches is very dangerous - anything can happen. Remember how revolutions developed in many countries, including Ukraine. Think about the snipers, about the white powder that (former US Secretary of State Colin) Powell brandished from the podium at the UN Security Council . And what all these events eventually led to," Chepa stressed.
Earlier it was reported that Johnson called the crisis in Ukraine the biggest power build-up in Europe.
https://m.gazeta.ru/politics/news/20...17259109.shtml