Russia could cause many thousands of deaths in Britain by attacking the country’s infrastructure and energy supply, the defence secretary warned last night.
Gavin Williamson said that sabotage could come through a cyberattack, the targeting of underwater communications cables or even a missile. President Putin’s regime was willing to take action “that any other nation would see as completely unacceptable”, he said.
His comments in an interview with The Daily Telegraph came as the government launched a review of the armed forces. Mr Williamson, who is being touted as a possible future Tory leader, told MPs that pen-pushers, poor contracts and bureaucracy would be targeted in the exercise and savings would be invested in the front line.
He indicated that he would be asking the
