Alex Forsyth

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1,958 appearances 19 recordings 3 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 15 Sep

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Newscast · Russia Threatens The UK (Again) · 18 Aug 2026 podcast

Yeah, and this is what I mean when I say it's not the first threat from Russia, and that isn't to minimize any of this by any stretch of the imagination. voice-verified

But you'll remember John Healy, who is now the Chancellor, but was until voice-verified

not so long ago, the Defence Secretary, he spoke very openly about the threats from Russia, where there have been things already undertaken like covert submarine operations that the Royal Navy voice-verified

said that it was tracking and tracing. voice-verified

That was earlier this year. voice-verified

So I think there is a recognition across government that the threat from Russia is real and present. voice-verified

And this latest threat is another example of it. voice-verified

You know, it isn't new, it is there. voice-verified

And of course that has really formed part of the argument that we've heard, the political argument that we've heard in the UK about the need for increased defence spending, because people say there is a very real voice-verified

threat from Russia and it is this is another tangible example of that. voice-verified

In terms of what form any consequences that the Russians are threatening might take, I mean who knows? voice-verified

at the centre of all of this. voice-verified

But so far the things that we have seen and that have been talked about by government are things like those covert operations or, you know, destabilising the British democracy as something else that voice-verified

people talk about quite frequently. voice-verified

So it's not new, but of course it still matters. voice-verified

Yeah, and of course that's been one of the key questions that's hung over this conflict from the very beginning is where that line ends up being drawn. voice-verified

And it's not the first time that that has clearly fed into the thinking of what support voice-verified

Ukraine's allies are willing to provide. voice-verified

So of course the conversation we're having right now is because of the use of British drones. voice-verified

But previously if you think back at them, there were very active conversations around the use of things like storm shadow long range missiles and whether that would be deemed an escalation and whether at some point because what a what voice-verified

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