General Sir Richard Barrons, ex-head of the UK’s Joint Forces Command, said in an interview that “continued Russian aggression” may result in no-fly zones, conceding that this could mean war with Russia. Particularly of note was the overt racism that he expressed in explaining why he thought that NATO would be at war with Russia by the end of the week.
“By Wednesday, Russian heavy artillery will be around these Ukrainian cities and they may be firing indiscriminately and destroying large chunks of the city and killing civilians, and when they do that, they’ll be 300 miles from the border with NATO and the European Union,” he said during an interview with BBC’s Mark Urban. “I think one of the issues for about Thursday/Friday this week, is how does public opinion in the UK and other countries react to see people who look and live like us [emphasis added] being slaughtered, and at that stage there’ll be a different conversation by public opinion about the application of NATO military power, perhaps through the sky and definitely against heavy weapons.”
