Ex-head of the British General Staff Dannat negatively assessed the state of the British Armed Forces

He expressed this opinion on the air of Sky News.

“We have a terribly small number of main battle tanks.

We are faced with the presence of combat vehicles that cannot accompany tanks on the battlefield.

We lack artillery and air defense equipment and in many other aspects (necessary. -

) for the country's defense capability, ”RIA Novosti quotes him.

Dannat added that the British government, while supplying weapons to Ukraine, should not forget about the defense capability of its own country.

The new Chief of the General Staff of the British Army, General Patrick Sanders, said that the British army must be able to "fight alongside the allies and defeat Russia in battle."

According to The Independent newspaper, the British commander added that his generation should prepare the army "to fight again in Europe."