Scaremonger: UK Defence Secretary Accused of Delusion Over Baltic Threat

‘British military experts have poured scorn over the UK Defence Secretary’s claim that the Baltic States could be the next targets for Russia. The news comes as senior British parliamentarians accused the EU of “sleep-walking” into the current crisis in Ukraine.

The British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon suggested that the former Soviet states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia could be next to face a Russian-backed campaign to destabilise them.

Fallon’s comments came after another two British RAF fighter jets were scrambled to intercept two Russian bombers close to UK airspace. Fallon said this was a further example of Russia testing NATO’s capabilities in Europe, following the crisis in Ukraine.’

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