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"Relations between London and Moscow reached another peak of tension in August
over the UK’s support for Ukraine. The success of Ukraine’s long-range strikes
against targets deep inside Russia, with the help of UK-made drones, and the
UK’s commitment to supply blueprints to help it manufacture long-range
missiles, led the Kremlin to accuse the UK of deliberately escalating the
conflict.
Russia’s London embassy promised that the deeper the UK’s involvement in the
war “the higher price it will pay”.
The embassy accused the UK government of “seeking to contain Russia and inflict
maximum damage on it by proxy”. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, meanwhile,
described Britain as “methodically and regularly” fuelling war and “hatching
schemes” to sabotage peace. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warned
that British military targets could now be attacked because of Ukrainian
strikes using British weapons.
The UK prime minister, Andy Burnham, responded by reaffirming Britain’s
position, saying the UK would “support Ukraine 100%”.
But Russia is presenting Britain not simply one of Ukraine’s principal
supporters, but an influential member of an anti-Russian coalition, operating
behind the scenes and pursuing its objectives through proxies.
The Kremlin’s messaging is crediting the UK with outsized influence. But this
image of British power closely resembles Soviet thinking exactly 100 years ago.
In the mid-1920s, the Soviet leadership made similar accusations about British
support for another country on its western border. This time it was Poland."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
