Experts warn that Vladimir Putin could use chemical weapons in the West to sabotage arms supplies to Ukraine.
Like Russian The tyrant’s dismal war continued with little movement on the front lines, fearing that the tyrant might take “more extreme measures” to disrupt the flow of weapons.
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Two former British military officers warned that Vlad could move to launch chemical attacks on the key weapons supply chain.
The West since the beginning of the war has helped equip Ukraine with the vital weapons it needs to fight back against Russia.
And so Putin could seek to cut off supplies of weapons, ammunition and armor – potentially using a chemical attack.
Such weapons are known to be in Vlad’s arsenal – and he has used them before, often with a wry grin and a blatantly false denial.
Russia has repeatedly vowed to destroy all weapons that NATO member states supply to Ukraine.
And meanwhile, a round of Russian spies has was arrested last month after being accused of conspiring to sabotage vital transport routes used to send weapons from Poland to Ukraine.
As Putin grew more desperate, Brigadier General Ben Barry said he could “surprise us” with a unique attack.
He warned that Russian spies could plant nerve agents, such as Novichok, on the gates of a European weapons factory in a reckless attempt to block arms shipments.
Every day, up to 10 planes carrying supplies land to supply Ukraine.
Great Britain sent a squadron of 14 Challenger 2 . main battle tanks before a possibility spring counterattack against the Russian invaders.
Chairperson Volodymyr Zelenskiy also received Howitzers and helicopters from WE and armored vehicles from Germany.
Just a few weeks ago, Prince William made a secret visit to Rzeszow in Poland – a logistical gateway into Ukraine and where most Western weapons arrive before being sent across the border.
Surrounded by the US-made Patriot missile defense system, the base is home to 75 Britons working with allies Poland and the US, just 50 miles from the Ukrainian border.
Billions of pounds of weapons and ammunition have passed through the center since Putin’s chaotic invasion began.
“There is an extensive infrastructure in Poland and other Eastern European countries that are receiving and transferring weapons and equipment to Ukraine,” Brigadier General Barry told The Sun Online.
“Prince William visited the British air defense plant that protects the main airfields to which these supplies are arriving.
“Russia can choose to attack that way.
“For example, it is not beyond human wisdom that they can place Novichok on the gate of a weapons factory.”
Novichok was developed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s – and has been used in a number of attacks on foreign soil.
He said its use would mark a “fairly high escalation” in the conflict – and that such an attack from Russia’s security services in the West would entail an increase in sanctions. punish.
As they become more desperate, we must expect them to consider more extreme measures
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon
“I think we should not be under the illusion that Western security services are busy working very hard to limit the freedom of action of the Russian secret services,” Brigadier General Barry said.
Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, former commander of the Army’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Regiment, said Putin launching an attack in the West with chemical weapons is a “very prospect” fact” because he used it in England.
In 2006, Russian defector Alexander Litvinenko was poisoned with polonium in London – and claimed Putin directly ordered his assassination.
Then in 2018, former GRU . agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia was poisoned with Novichok in Salisbury.
Counter-terrorism police have discovered the nerve agent used is military-grade Novichok, manufactured in Russia – sparking a new wave of concern about the country’s production and use of chemical weapons. This.
And as Putin became “more desperate” after his disastrous Ukraine war, Bretton-Gordon warned Russia “will find every possible way” to sabotage arms supplies.
He told The Sun Online: “When it comes to the UK, Putin used chemical weapons at least twice – polonium in 2006 and Novichok in Salisbury in 2018.
“The possibility of disrupting logistics using chemical weapons is certainly a possibility that I’m sure security agencies across Europe are looking at very closely.
“We need to understand the reality that as Putin grows more and more desperate because his conventional forces seem unable to stop Western equipment, they will find ways they can.
“The use of chemical weapons, they’re definitely looking at.
“As they become more desperate, we must expect them to consider more extreme measures.
“Western security forces led by the Americans and the British are taking this very seriously and making it difficult for them to do this.”
The UK’s armed forces minister James Heappey has warned Britain and its Western allies can deploy troops to Ukraine if Russia used chemical weapons.
Russia claims work on developing Soviet-era nerve agents stopped in 1992 – and existing stockpiles were destroyed in 2017.
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