{"id":124215,"date":"2026-09-28T05:28:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T02:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/the-uk-defense-minister-names-the-greatest-threat-to-the-countrys-security-without-any-doubt\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T11:49:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:49:10","slug":"the-uk-defense-minister-names-the-greatest-threat-to-the-countrys-security-without-any-doubt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/the-uk-defense-minister-names-the-greatest-threat-to-the-countrys-security-without-any-doubt\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK Defense Minister names &#8220;the greatest threat&#8221; to the country&#8217;s security. &#8220;Without any doubt&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The British Defence Minister, Wes Streeting, has described Russia and President Vladimir Putin as the greatest threat to the country&#8217;s security, also warning that the United Kingdom is facing &#8220;the greatest risk of war&#8221; in his lifetime.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Streeting clarified that this threat was the basis for the decision to &#8220;adopt the largest sustained increase in defense spending since the end of the Cold War,&#8221; report PA Media and DPA agencies, cited by Agerpres.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement given to The Sun on Sunday publication ahead of the Labour Party conference, which begins on Sunday in Liverpool, he asserted that, &#8220;without any shadow of a doubt, the greatest threat to Great Britain is represented by Russia and President Putin&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<em>We have a war on our continent. 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