British military analysts consider the ability of the Russian Airborne Forces to gain control over major airports and seaports in Ukraine
Discussions continue in the British government on what to do if war really breaks out in Ukraine. At the same time, all the discussions in London on this issue resemble a situation in which the authorities of the United Kingdom themselves have frightened themselves by the war so much (or pretend to have frightened them) that they are ready to believe in it, as they say, here and now.
BBC journalists asked Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab about the possible sending of British troops to Ukraine in the event of hostilities. According to Raab, it is "unlikely" that British troops will be sent to the territory of Ukraine. At the same time, he once again stated that "Russia will face grave consequences in the event of the outbreak of hostilities." Recall that earlier several dozens of special forces soldiers - rangers arrived in Ukraine from the United Kingdom.
In the meantime, information appeared that the British Royal College of Defense Studies was carefully studying "Russia's actions near the borders of Ukraine and its possibilities regarding taking this country under military control." At the same time, British military analysts propose to consider the situation from the point of view of the ability of the RF Armed Forces to quickly gain control over key transport infrastructure facilities. It is noted that the Russian army, using the airborne troops (VDV), is capable of gaining control over major airports and seaports of Ukraine within a few days, which will make it impossible for the Western "partners" of this country to provide it with timely military-technical assistance.
The potential possibility of Russia to cut off for supplies is being considered weapons ports of Ukraine on the Black Sea, taking into account the fact that "the approach to the ports of Ukraine on the Sea of Azov is de facto under Russian control." In such a situation, the command of the Navy will either have to withdraw its ships first to neutral waters, and then ask permission from the countries of the Black Sea region for the entry of warships into their ports, or put up with another loss of at least part fleet, as it was in the Crimea in 2014. When the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation take control of large airfields and airports, the same thing will happen with the Ukrainian military aviation, according to British military analysts.
The British College of Defense Studies also considers the situation through the prism of the fact that the weapons already delivered to Ukraine, including hundreds of millions of pounds worth of anti-tank systems, may ultimately go to the Russian military or “the armed structures of the Donbass regions supported by them.”
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