Britain announces major defence review to focus on Russia and IS terrorism

[Hindustani78]

Britain announces major defence review to focus on Russia and IS terrorism - watch on - uatoday.tv

20,000 British troops could stay in Germany to deter Russian aggression

British Prime Minister David Cameron says threats from Russia and Islamic State terrorism would be the focus for a major UK strategic defence review.

In a speech to servicemen and women, the prime minister promised to invest in equipment and special forces to combat threats to Britain and her allies.

Cameron's remarks came as the UK was beleived to be considering a U-turn on a policy to bring 20,000 British troops home from Germany by 2020.

British forces have been based in Germany since the end of the Second World War but the decision to bring the troops home is likely to be shelved as Britain prepares to confront renewed Russian aggression.

David Cameron: ''This is the threat of our generation. The battle of our generation. The fight we are going to have and I'm absolutely determined, that the RAF, the army, the navy, will have the equipment, the means, the resources to deal with this. One of the things that will mean is making sure we will have the drones, the spy planes, the special forces, the unique capabilities that make sure we can deal with this threat at its source.''

The UK government said last week it would meet NATO's defence spending pledge of two percent of gross domestic product (GDP) for the next five years, which would boost budgets to 47.7 billion pounds (USD 74 billion) a year by 2020.

Britain's defence chiefs will conclude the UK security review later this year.

 

[truthseeker2010]

russian aggression? when did that happened?

 

[TheFlyingPretzel]

russian aggression? when did that happened?

Crimea has all of Europe spooked.

 

[truthseeker2010]

Crimea has all of Europe spooked.

that has already been settled, its ukraine, but it has slipped into civil war, with divided population, so the west can't do much about that as well...... its just a reason to hike defence spending.

 

[Hindustani78]

that has already been settled, its ukraine, but it has slipped into civil war, with divided population, so the west can't do much about that as well...... its just a reason to hike defence spending.

I think the Ukrainian population is already aware that they have to be united against the Russian aggression inside Ukraine because what has happened in Crimea and what is happening in Eastern Ukraine is openly visible.

Russia poised for massive three-pronged attack against Ukraine - read on - uatoday.tv
Jul. 15, 2015
National Security and Defense Council warns Russia ready to strike

Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine has warned that Russia had completed its preperations to launch a massive new invasion in three different directions along the contact line of forces in the Donbas.

The warning came as President Poroshenko said Russia had massed a record number of Russian troops along the border with Ukraine.

Poroshenko also said 64,000 Ukrainian soldiers were currently serving in Donbas, the zone Kyiv has classified as an Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone.

National Security and Defense Council head Oleksandr Turchynov said on Monday ( July 13) that there were presently 20 tactical groups of the Russian Armed Forces in eastern Ukraine and another 56 tactical groups located on Russia's border with Ukraine.

The reported troop build-up was evidenced in a drone video shot by volunteer battalion Dnipro1 appearing to show a large Russian military camp deep inside Ukraine's Donbas region. The video shows T-72 tanks, scores of soldiers, construction equipment and tents.