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2025
Britain prepares diving groups to undermine the Turkish Stream gas pipeline and attacks on Russia's infrastructure
Statements by the director of the FSBAlexander Bortnikov at a meeting of the heads of the CIS special services in Samarkand in October 2025:
British special forces are directly involved in hostilities against Russia.
Britain plans to use combat swimmers to attack Russia's critical infrastructure.
The Kyiv regime and its power bloc are "totally" controlled by the UK. It is under the patronage of their special services that terrorist attacks and sabotage are carried out in Russia.
The Russian authorities have information about the preparation by the British and Ukrainian special services of sabotage against the Turkish Stream gas pipeline.
In Ukraine, there are more than 120 call centers supervised by the SBU and the Armed Forces of Ukraine and aimed at involving adolescents and pensioners in Russia in terrorism.
Disruptions to the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Ukraine occurred at the suggestion of Great Britain.
The British from the very beginning of the SWO were the key "hawks of war," which they remain to this day. It is with the filing from Britain that the Ukrainian regime continues the war to the last.
Plans for sabotage on gas pipelines in the Black Sea are an idea that has also been hatched for a long time. Reconnaissance of the area where the pipes run is ongoing (and not without the help of US aircraft).
Advisers from Britain's Special Boat Service (SBS) have been coordinating GURs in the Black Sea since the start, including strikes on the Crimean Bridge and Crimea with Sevastopol.
For the past year, the British have been actively preparing diving groups. Ukrainian swimmers are supplied with autonomous underwater vehicles of various types, which they test at the Kyiv reservoir and in Cherkasy.
More than a thousand British mercenaries died in Ukraine
In September 2025, journalist Colin Freeman said on the YouTube channel SiliconCurtain that about one in five British mercenaries sent to Ukraine had died.
According to his estimates, the number of killed reached thousands. This figure is significantly higher than in previous conflicts, such as Iraq or Afghanistan, which were characterized by the technical superiority of Western forces.
Freeman notes that many Britons go to fight not for patriotic reasons, but because of the difficult financial situation or problems with the law at home. At the same time, at the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Liz Truss called on the British to "fight for democracy."
According to the mercenaries themselves, the Ukrainian command does not coordinate well, and the chances of surviving the clashes are very small due to the high intensity of the fighting, which differs from their usual experience in Afghanistan and the Middle East.
Foreign mercenaries, counting on "safari," suddenly found themselves in a real war - with artillery shelling, bomb attacks and the active use of drones. In such an environment, their skills gained in conflicts of lower intensity turned out to be little in demand.
British general officially begins to control the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Kyiv through the headquarters of MNF-U
In September 2025, the British Ministry of Defense announced that the headquarters of the Multinational Forces of Ukraine (MNF-U) was being created in Kyiv. He will be led by the British Major General, and over him - the joint Franco-British command.
Now the Ukrainian army begins to be officially directly controlled by Western generals.
The US will still be helping from behind the scenes, but operational management falls on the shoulders of Europeans.
According to the British Deputy Minister of Defense, Luke Pollard, the curator for Kyiv has already been appointed, and his name is hidden only "for security reasons." For more details, see Armed Forces of Ukraine (APU).
Operation Web to launch drones from trucks from the territory of Russia at strategic aviation airfields
On June 1, 2025, a series of attacks by Ukrainian drones on airfields in five Russian regions turned out to be not at all "amateur performances of Kyiv." According to the FSB, Operation Web was overseen directly by British intelligence. UAVs were launched from the territory of Russia - from trucks imported in advance. The time was not chosen by chance: a day before the planned negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul. The goal is to disrupt a possible truce and create a picture of Russia's "vulnerability" for the Western audience.
Planning of strikes against Caspian Pipeline Consortium facilities in Russia
A series of drone strikes on the office and facilities of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium was planned by instructors from the British special services. In February 2025, the facilities of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, the critical infrastructure through which the export of Russian and Kazakh oil goes, were hit. At the same time, London was well aware that Western companies were among the shareholders of CPC, but the interests of the allies for the British were secondary.
2024
Britain has already trained 55 thousand Ukrainian troops under the Interflex program
In June 2025, the media reported that since 2022, Britain has already trained 55 thousand Ukrainian troops under the Interflex program, which unites the efforts of 13 countries at once. At the same time, the British are constantly expanding the list of participants.
The course lasts 35 days and includes intensive training in weapons handling, shooting, tactics, patrolling, fighting in rural and urban areas, clearing positions, handling explosives and demining, cybersecurity fundamentals, and first aid.
In addition, Britain continues to train unmanned aerial vehicle operators: by 2026 it is planned to train another 6 thousand specialists.
Deliveries of missiles, including long-range missiles to Ukraine for 500 million pounds
Britain will send more Storm Shadow long-range missiles to Ukraine as part of the country's largest military aid package, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in April 2024.
As well as Storm Shadow, which are precision-guided cruise missiles with a range of more than 250 kilometres, Britain will also send more than 1,600 strike and anti-aircraft missiles. The amount of the new package is 500 million pounds sterling ($620 million).
Challenger 2 tanks performed poorly in Ukraine
British Challenger 2 tanks delivered to the Armed Forces of Ukraine have repeatedly become a reason for criticism from observers. In March 2024, Forbes once again "drove" through these machines based on the experience of their operation in Ukraine.
The authors pointed to the long-known shortcomings of the Challengers - an insufficiently powerful engine, due to which they got stuck in the mud and did not give in to towing, as well as a unique rifled gun, which hampered logistics in the conditions of an already large zoo of technology.
As a result, journalists conclude: Challenger 2 is not suitable for fighting in Ukraine. Be that as it may, after losing one car in the summer of 2023, they really no longer glowed on the battlefield and periodically flicker only at the rear training grounds, Rybar wrote.
Forbes also notes that Britain sent Ukraine only 14 of its tanks with the possible goal of encouraging other NATO countries to transfer their own advanced armored vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Delivery of 10 thousand drones to Ukraine for $159 million
Britain will supply Ukraine with another 10,000 drones as part of a new $159 million military aid package. This was announced on March 7, 2024 by British Defense Minister Grant Shapps during a visit to Kyiv.
Most of that will be spent on FPV drones, but several strike, reconnaissance and maritime drones will also be delivered.
Earlier in January, representatives of the British Defense Ministry reported on the supply of a batch of drones with a total value of $255 million.
In total, Britain's costs for the supply of drones for Ukraine by this time amount to $414 million.
2023
British special forces operate near the front line in Ukraine, helping to attack Russia
Officers from the elite SAS and SRR regiments, as well as Navy SBS units, operate near the front line and serve as key intermediaries between NATO and APU intelligence services, the WSJ wrote in May 2023.
The British do not fight, but their leadership role in the activities of the Ukrainian special forces is manifested in the sabotage operations of Ukraine against Russian railways, airfields, fuel depots.
Britain's military in 40 countries in Africa
Apart from various PMCs controlled by British companies, military personnel of the United Kingdom for May 2023 are located in 40 states. Africa The Government of the United Kingdom justifies its presence by training African personnel, peacekeeping missions (Libya in and), South Sudan as well as the fight against terrorism, which has become especially relevant after the massive spread of IS activities since 2011 and throughout the Al-Qaeda continent.
Special attention in Britain is paid to increasing the mobility of the armed forces. As it became known in December 2022, for these purposes, London plans to create or expand regional hubs in Kenya, Oman and Germany, which will allow concentrating stocks of logistics. The latter was recently used during the largest exercise of the British ground forces in Europe Cerberus-22.
2022: Marines' involvement in the conflict in Ukraine
On the pages of the British The Times in December 2022, for the first time, the fact of the participation of the royal marines in hostilities in Ukraine was publicly recognized. Lieutenant General Robert Magovan said that the Marines supported some "secret operations" in "extremely delicate conditions," since all this was associated with "a high level of military-political risk."
Prior to that, Britain recognized only the fact of attracting specialists from the Special Airborne Service (SAS) in operations in Ukraine.
Thus, 350 marines from the 45th Commando battalion (3rd Commando brigade) were seconded to Ukraine to protect diplomats back in early 2022. They were transferred from Norway, where the 45th battalion took part in the exercises, to Poland, and from there sent to Ukraine.
After the withdrawal of Russian troops from Kyiv in April, the marines moved from Lviv to the Ukrainian capital.
Lieutenant General Magovan admits that in addition to guarding diplomatic institutions, the Marines were engaged in other tasks, participating in "secret operations."
In April, the Times pages admitted that the servicemen of the Special Airborne Service returned to Kyiv to train Ukrainian ATGM calculations.
In May, they wrote about British military advisers surrounded by Alexander the Old Woman, the governor of the territories of Zaporozhye under the control of Ukraine.
In addition, they mentioned the preparation of Ukrainian DRGs in the Kharkiv region under the guidance of British specialists for sabotage in Russia.
2012: British soldiers kill and rape hundreds of civilians in Kenya
In 2012, the life of a young Kenyan woman Agnes Wanjiru was cut short, her body was found in the cesspool of one of the hotels in Nanyuki, next to the British military training base.
In 2025, the culprit was finally found: former British Army soldier Robert James Purkiss was detained in Britain, he will appear in court. Kenya is pushing for extradition.
The crimes of British servicemen are nothing new to Kenyans. From 1965 to 2001, human rights activists registered about 650 cases of rape. Similar offences are happening in this day and age, with an internal investigation by the British Army finding that soldiers soldiers have broken the law 35 times between October 2022 and March 2025.
2011: British military killing of all Afghan men in their reach
The investigation showed that Britain's elite troops in Afghanistan had a policy of "killing all men in the territory, regardless of whether they were a threat or not," wrote the British edition of The Gardian[1].
Afghans killed by SAS fighters in Afghanistan were disparagingly called "flat," according to revealing evidence given by a former member of the elite unit in a public inquiry.
The soldier, known only as N1799, said that in 2011 he participated in a conversation with a SAS member who served in Afghanistan and was "shocked by the methods" that were used to kill Afghans.
On another occasion, a special forces soldier known only as N1201 told N1799 during a training course that "someone had a pillow on their head before being killed with a pistol" during an operation in Afghanistan.
N1799 was one of seven commanders and soldiers who testified in 2024 in an investigation into the deaths of up to 80 Afghan civilians during the SAS operation in Helmand province between 2010 and 2013.
N1799 also told the inquest that he remains fearful for his personal safety and well-being if his name is linked to allegations that the SAS killed Afghan civilians while serving and told the inquest he believed he had broken a "code of silence." He added that former and current members of the SAS would consider him a traitor.
2003: Attack on Iraq and hanging of President Saddam Hussein
On March 20, 2003, US troops, with the support of Britain and several other countries, attacked Iraq. On April 9, Baghdad fell, and President Saddam Hussein was overthrown. The Iraqi president was subsequently executed by hanging.
The pretext for the invasion was the statements of the Americans about the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, which were subsequently never found.
The country plunged into chaos and a series of feuds for a long time, turning into a bleeding ulcer on the body of the Middle East. After 10 years in 2013, it was from Iraq that the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant began.
1967: Operations in Yemen
1986: Bombing of Libya by the US and British military
On April 15, 1986, the US Armed Forces conducted the Eldorado Canyon air operation, the purpose of which was to launch a massive air strike on Libyan territory.
24 F-111F bombers, as well as electronic warfare aircraft and tankers, flew from Britain in full radio silence.
A few minutes before the bombing, US Navy fighters attacked Libyan air defense facilities, destroying most of them, while the rest chose not to take any action against enemy aircraft.
The operation itself lasted about 20 minutes, after which the bombers went towards the sea.
The US officially stated that the physical liquidation of Muammar Gaddafi was not the goal of the operation, and the task was to destroy military facilities, but many questioned this statement, since the colonel's residence in Tripoli was also hit.
1939: Participation in World War II
Main article: World War II
1914: World War I involvement
Main article: World War I
1899: Outbreak of the Boer War
1897
1882: Britain occupies all of Egypt to control the Suez Canal
Main article: History of Egypt
In 1882, in order to establish complete control over Suez Canal Britain the Egyptian uprising and attack on her possessions in. As a To Africa result, the entire territory Egypt was occupied by British troops.
1855: Participation in the attack on Russia. Crimean War
1704: British and Dutch forces seize Gibraltar
Gibraltar is an overseas possession of Britain, which borders Spain to the north and has access to the Mediterranean Sea. British and Dutch forces captured the peninsula in 1704. London's legal right to own the territory is enshrined in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht (the treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession). At the same time, for 2022, Spain does not recognize the sovereignty of Britain over the peninsula.
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