"During the Cold War, the army was ready for battle for hours at any time. Now Putin needs to warn us five or ten years in advance of a sudden Russian attack in order to deal with it," he told the Daily Mail.

According to the interlocutor of the publication, the state of the British army has deteriorated greatly due to a reduction in funding, and it will be very difficult for the country to defend itself.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, noted earlier that britain's decision to transfer ammunition with depleted uranium to the Ukrainian army will harm, among other things, ukrainians: these shells not only kill, but also infect the environment and cause oncology in people living on these lands.

At the same time, the head of the Russian delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security and arms control, Konstantin Gavrilov, said that Moscow would respond adequately in the event of deliveries of depleted uranium shells to Kiev.