The Minister of Defense of British refused to travel to Odessa through rocket strikes of the Russian Federation - The Guardian

According to the publication, British intelligence warned Shepps that the Russian Federation learned about the future trip of the Minister to Odessa. Following the Russian terrorist strike on President Vladimir Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kiriakos Michotakis, on March 6, the Britain's special service increased the level of threat to the head of the defense department from a significant one to critical. "Putin proved to be reckless, ruthless and inadvertent.

He came close to the murder of two Western leaders, no matter whether it was deliberately or by accident. What, to the devil, he creates and what devil the event allows him to do such things?" Shepps said after the trip. The British minister has said that his visit would serve as a "alarm", who, as The Guardian writes, "pushes, convinces, and even force the rest of the world to act.

" According to Sunday Times, high -ranking British military figures say that Western allies, including the United Kingdom, will have to increase the scale of investment by hundreds of billion pounds of sterling to exceed Putin's productivity, which has increased the cost of defense by almost 70%.

This week, Shepps urged to increase military expenses to 3% of gross GDP, which is an indicator of the size of the economy, and British prime minister Risha Sunnak said he wanted to increase defense costs to 2. 5% of GDP when economic circumstances were allowed. Asked if the Prime Minister should appoint the date of increasing the costs of defense before or during the election, the Minister of Defense answered the publication: "Yes".

We will remind that it was the second trip of the Shepps Grant to Ukraine as the Minister of Defense and the third from the beginning of the full -scale invasion of the Russian Federation. During these visits, the Minister reaffirmed that the United Kingdom will continue and continue to support Ukraine. At the same time, the experts of the publication believe that the visit and obligation of the Minister of Defense only emphasized the importance of this support in the face of Putin's aggression.