Military experts reveal 3 things Europe must do immediately to stop Putin starting WW

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Military experts reveal 3 things Europe must do immediately to stop Putin starting WW3
By: Milo Boyd - Mirror Travel Reporter 01-21-24
Re: https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-...hings-31931306

Military experts have offered their advice about how Europe and the US can stop Russia advancing West and help Ukraine push back the invading forces after two years at war.

So; Military experts have suggested three things Europe could do to bring about the defeat of Russia.

As the war in Ukraine approaches its third year, with an unknown but huge number of civilians and soldiers having lost their lives, the question of how to bring the conflict to an end remains a live one. The two countries' forces appear locked in a stalemate after a counter-offensive by Ukrainian soldiers failed to truly break through Russian lines and as both sides continue to make drone and missile strikes on the others' territory.

While the horror and human cost of the war may be further from the minds of those in the West after an attritional and miserable two years of fighting, it is a daily hell for those who live close to the front lines in Eastern Ukraine.

Military analysts have given their insights into how European countries might help Ukraine defeat the Russian forces, stopping dictator Vladimir Putin from enacting further offensives that could lead to the break out of a third world war. The experts offered three militaristic solutions: Strengthening NATO, increasing funding to Ukraine and shoring up cyber forces.

Strengthening NATO:

General Sir Richard Barrons, former Joint Forces chief, has warned that Putin poses "the biggest risk to our security" in the UK. This week Admiral Rob Bauer, who chairs the bloc's Military Committee, said people should get ready for conscription within the next two decades in NATO countries.

Many NATO nations, although not directly involved in the war, are supplying Kyiv with non-lethal support but also weapons, ammunition, warplanes and tanks. Countries such as the UK and the US have been actively involved in helping to train Ukraine’s troops.

In the months before Putin ordered troops into Ukraine in February 2022, NATO began beefing up security on its eastern flank with Russia and Ukraine. This will be the alliance's biggest build up since the Cold War and it is aimed at deterring Russia from targeting a member country.

In total, NATO's combined armies make up more than 3.3 million military personnel and a budget of almost £1 trillion. General Barrons argues this is not enough and that more money should be spent by member states to bolster the force and act as a block to Russian soldiers if they continue West. Putin will be dead by then! Somebody will
knock ass off before that happens. And reinstate Russia to calmer days!

He told the Sun that Putin's military will "turn to face NATO when they aren't quite so focused on Ukraine", adding: "This is why countries like Estonia, which has been very generous, argue that if every European country provided 0.5 per cent of GDP to Ukraine, it would easily overmatch Russia." General Barrons said Ukraine needed £50billion in external funding a year to continue fighting.

Estonian colonel Andrus Merilo said that every country was at risk from the Russian military if Putin's forces are not stopped in Ukraine. British tank commander Colonel Hamish de Bretton-Gordon said the leader thought of himself as a modern Peter the Great and would continue surging Westward if not stopped.

Bumping up Ukraine and the West's war chests:
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General Barrons has argued that Ukraine needs more weapons from the West if it is going to defeat Russia rather than just keep the forces at bay.

"For Ukraine to defeat its much larger opponent it has to acquire the military capability to defeat it on the battlefield. This includes striking into Russia," he said.

This week UK PM Rishi Sunak announced another £2.5billion in aid for Ukraine, which will help to fund long range missiles, ammunition and an air defence system.

General Barrons argued the EU could give more to Ukraine, while the country's biggest backer by far - the US - may be unable to keep up its support as Democrat and Republican lawmakers find themselves at loggerheads over the same issue.

With Russia having tripled its defence spending this year, the military man argued the UK should similarly bump up its forces. Last week Foreign Secretary Grant Shapps said the world was in a "pre-war" stage and that British forces would be bolstered. He said that the UK plans to increase defence spending to 2.5% of our GDP when it's affordable.

General Barrons said Russian expansionism is the "biggest risk to our security" and that military spending by the UK and other NATO countries should reflect this. Colonel Bretton-Gordon said ammo stocks in the West needed to be increased after two years in which supplying Ukraine has diminished supplies significantly.

The UK has been the victim of a number of cyber attacks by hacking groups linked to the Russian state in recent years. Whether personal data hacks on the NHS or widespread propaganda efforts online, the sophisticated form of cyber warfare has had a real impact on Britain.

General Barrons argued that cyber security defences needed to be bolstered, to protect British infrastructure and to stop the corrosive impact of mistruth online. He warned that democracies with free presses were easier to undermine and damage the social fabric of than nations where information is more tightly controlled.

"We are dealing with a toxic mix of new threats that can manifest in new, very harmful ways: missiles, cyber, AI-run weapon systems, and drones," he said.
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Personal Note: Putin is a tough nut and will not take a no way - will he bow out!
His honor has been weakened by Ukraine's defence and NATO's help as well.
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There's more on the horizon - Russia's Nuclear & North Korea's & China and The
MIddle East will continue until all hell breaks loose!
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God Forbid if it Come's? Lot's of talk and show and tell - only accelerates the
usage of such - God awful weapons.
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