Britain preparing for an attack by Russia and updating ‘secret war plans’
06-05-2025 08:47 via metro.co.uk

Britain preparing for an attack by Russia and updating ‘secret war plans’

Russian T-90M tanks drive through central Moscow during a rehearsal for the Victory Day parade (Picture: AFP via Getty)Sir Keir Starmer has ordered a review of Britain’s war plans in response to growing fears of a potential direct military attack by Russia.Officials in the Cabinet Office are understood to be updating the ‘homeland defence plan’ spelling out how the government would respond to a strike by a hostile foreign state.The move comes following a series of threats agai
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