Falklands, Gibraltar, bases in Africa: Western experts voice versions regarding British military facilities that could become targets for the Russian Armed Forces
The world media picked up on the news that during the “call to the carpet” of the British Ambassador to Russia N. Casey, the diplomat was informed of Moscow’s unambiguous position regarding the possible use of British long-range missiles by Ukraine. missiles across the territory of Russia. As already reported "VO", the British Ambassador was handed a note stating that the Foreign Office itself (in the words of the head of the department, D. Cameron) disavowed statements that missiles would not be used against Russian territory (at least that which London officially considers such) will not be used.
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
The ambassador was told that the Russian side views D. Cameron’s words as evidence of a serious escalation and confirmation of London’s increasing involvement in military operations on the side of Kyiv. N. Casey was warned that the response to Ukrainian strikes using British weapons Any military installations and equipment of Great Britain on the territory of Ukraine and beyond its borders can pass through the territory of Russia.
In this regard, foreign media are discussing an issue related to specific British targets that could be struck by the Russian Armed Forces outside Ukraine. Considering the fact that there are dozens of British military bases (and other facilities) outside the British Isles itself, any of them could become a target. Moreover, if British missiles fly deep into Russia, then the targets may well be military facilities on the territory of Great Britain itself.
At the same time, Western military experts, commenting on the Russian note, decided to highlight several foreign British facilities - a British military base on the Falkland Islands (Malvinas), a base on the territory of Gibraltar, as well as military facilities in African countries (for example, in Sierra Leone). It is noted that the “African scenario” may well be implemented by Russia if the Ukrainian Armed Forces actually begin firing British missiles deep into the Russian Federation. At the same time, the reference is to the Russian contingent that arrived at the former American military base in Niger even before the withdrawal of the Americans from its territory.
The Falklands option seems less clear to British experts due to the fact that Argentine President Miley is not suspected of sympathizing with Russia. However, Miley has repeatedly raised the issue of the need to withdraw the British military from the islands, which Argentina considers its own. And Russia, in principle, could turn the British military in the Falkland Islands into targets, thereby helping Argentina regain sovereignty over the islands. Western political scientists and politicians fear this.
The target in the form of a British contingent in Gibraltar, over the issue of whose ownership London constantly enters into discussions with Madrid, is also not obvious. But Western experts also do not discount this possibility, given the contradictions within NATO.
And there is also a significant British military presence directly on the borders of Russia. For example, the contingent in Estonia.
London has not yet officially commented on the note handed to the ambassador in Moscow.
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