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UK faces 'greatest war risk of a lifetime' says defence secretary

Summary by Metro News
The defence secretary used threats from Russia and Putin to justify what he called 'the biggest increase in defence spending' since the end of the Cold War.

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The British Defense Minister warns that Russia and Putin are the greatest threat to security and announces a strengthening of defense due to the ever-greater risk of war.

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We have a war on our continent. We have a Russian president with imperialist ambitions, who is constantly testing British defences, NATO defences and the strength of our alliances, said Wes Streeting

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British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting today said Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin were the biggest threat to Britain's security, warning that the country faced the greatest risk of war in his lifetime. Streeting said the threat was one of the reasons for the decision to make "the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of […] The post BRITISH DEFENSE MINISTER: Never in my lifetime has there been a greater risk o…

British Defence Minister Wes Streeting called Russia and President Vladimir Putin the greatest threat to the country's security, warning that the United Kingdom is facing...

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Metro News broke the news in London, United Kingdom on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
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