Western experts are voicing versions regarding British military facilities that may become targets for the Russian Armed Forces
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The world media picked up the news that during the "carpet call" of the British Ambassador to Russia, N. Casey, the diplomat was informed of Moscow's unequivocal position on the possible use of British long-range missiles by Ukraine on the territory of Russia. As already reported by 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 the one that London officially considers such).
The Russian Foreign Ministry:
In this regard, the issue of specific British targets that can be attacked by Russian Armed Forces outside Ukraine is being discussed in foreign media. Given the fact that there are dozens of British military bases (and other facilities) outside the British Isles itself, any of them can become a target. Moreover, if British missiles fly deep into Russia, then military facilities on the territory of the United Kingdom itself may well become targets.
At the same time, Western military experts, commenting on the Russian note, decided to single out several foreign British facilities – the 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 Armed Forces of Ukraine really start hitting British missiles deep into the Russian Federation. At the same time, the reference goes to the Russian contingent that arrived at the former American military base in Niger even before the withdrawal of Americans from its territory.
The Falklands option does not seem so clear to British experts due to the fact that the Argentine president 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 restore sovereignty over the islands. This is what Western political scientists and politicians fear.
The goal in the form of the British contingent in Gibraltar, on the issue of which London is constantly in discussion with Madrid, is also not obvious. But Western experts also do not dismiss this possibility, given the contradictions within NATO.
And there is also a significant British military presence directly at the borders of Russia. For example, the contingent in Estonia.
Officially, London has not yet commented on the note handed to the ambassador in Moscow.
