A British general has warned the UK’s military could only fight Russia for a matter of months because “we don’t have the ammunition and reserves of equipment to do it”.
The admission was made during a committee meeting, at which General Rob Magowan was asked whether he accepted the UK was not ready for an enduring war.
“Yes, absolutely,” he said.
MP Mark Francois then said: “We could not fight an enduring war against Russia, drop all these euphemisms about peer adversaries.”
Gen Magowan conceded government spending on defence “does not meet, in all areas, the threats that we face”.
UK defence and military officials have been warning for some weeks that the country is unprepared for armed conflict.
At least one dead in attack on homes in Kharkiv
A Russian attack has hit a residential area in the city of Kharkiv, the mayor has said.
One person has been killed and 16 injured, Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram.
Two of those injured are in a serious condition.
In an earlier Telegram post, Mr Terekhov said: “A blow to the residential microdistrict of Kharkiv in apartment buildings. There are dead and wounded.”
He said five-storey residential buildings were “heavily damaged”, and a medical facility was affected.
It’s not yet clear what weapons were used in the attack.
Death toll in concert attack rises to 140
The number of people killed in the terror attack on a Moscow concert hall has increased to 140, Russian officials have said.
A victim who was in an “extremely grave condition” died in hospital, Russia’s health minister said.
Doctors “did everything they could” to save them, Mikhail Murashko said.
A total of 80 people injured in the attack remain in hospital, the official added.
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