Britain has to prepare a civilian population for a full -scale war against Russia - the General Staff

About it reports The Times. British military discuss how to create an army up to 500,000 people, including civilians to protect the UK in the event of a full -scale war with a country such as the Russian Federation. According to Sanders, civilians must be trained and equipped to make a "civil army" in case of involvement of the country into war. Over the next 3 years, Britain should increase the army to 120 thousand people, including regular forces, strategic reserve and reservists.

However, so many people will not be enough to win the war, so the public should be ready for war as needed. It is necessary to lay the basics for national mobilization now. The war in Ukraine convinced the British power block that you need to create a second wave of forces that could fight the enemy if the prepared fighters lose on the battlefield. According to the military, they play a key role in winning the war.

A high -ranking source said the preparation of Ukrainian military on British land can be a "general rehearsal" of the training of ordinary men and women for the British Armed Forces. It is unclear how great forces will be needed by Britain, but the Armed Forces Minister James Hippi voiced figures of 500,000 people, including civilians.

None of the policies available details the mobilization of great forces in the United Kingdom, so according to experts of the Defense Ministry, it should be discussed. The country will also return to the call under war. "We need an army designed to expand quickly to ensure the work of the first echelon, to provide resources with a second echelon, as well as to teach and equip the civil army to follow," Sanders said.

The Chief of Staff emphasizes that the United Kingdom cannot afford the same mistake that was at the beginning of the First World War. Then the British were not protected. The task of the nation is to prepare. The war in Ukraine demonstrates that regular armies are beginning wars, and the armies of citizens win in them. We will remind, on January 16, the Minister of Defense of the United Kingdom made a historical speech stating that he was completing the era of peace in the world.