A puppet general of Vladimir Putin’s regime has said Russia will “increase the intensity of attacks” on British and allied weapons donated to Ukraine.
General Sergei Shoigu has overseen what has been one of the bloodiest conflicts in Russian history since the illegal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
In recent months the massive front line in the east of Ukraine has seen some gains made by Putin’s forces as tanks have taken advantage of warmer weather hardening previously boggy ground.
But despite being outnumbered and outgunned, Ukrainian forces have held firm using tactics like deploying drones to cause havoc with Russian vehicles.
And in the last few days, both the US and UK have pledged to send billions more in funding and aid to help Ukrainian forces in the war, which if Russia were to win would be a huge blow to NATO and world peace.
Now Kremlin Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has threatened to attack the weapons and supplies sent from the West to Ukraine claiming Russian advances had “dispelled the myth of the superiority of Western weapons”.
He said: “We will increase the intensity of attacks on logistics centres and storage bases for Western weapons.
“In proportion to the threats posed by the United States and its allies, we will continue to improve the composition and structure of the Armed Forces and increase the production of the most popular weapons and military equipment.”
According to the House of Commons Library, the UK has pledged almost £12 billion in overall support to Ukraine since February 2022.
The House of Commons timeline states Britain has supported Ukraine “providing both lethal and non-lethal weaponry and equipment, including tanks, air defence systems and long-range precision strike missiles.
“While the UK has committed to training Ukrainian fast jet pilots, combat fighter aircraft will not be provided.”
On Tuesday Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised an extra £75 billion in defence spending over the next six years to put the UK arms industry on a “war footing” in the face of threats from an “axis of authoritarian states” including Russia and China.
He said the UK will spend 2.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on defence by 2030 because the world was “the most dangerous it has been since the end of the Cold War”.
Mr Sunak also pledged a further £500 million package of military aid to Ukraine.
