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Johnson raises alarm on Russian revenge attack after Syrian strikes
foreign secretary Boris Johnson has confirmed that the government is
preparing for Russian retaliation following Britain's involvement in
Syrian airstrikes yesterday alongside France in the US the UK joined France
and the u.s. to bombard Syrian sites linked to the production of chemical
weapons in response to its alleged use in DOMA earlier this week however this
intervention has prompted Russian officials who backed the Syrian regime
to warn of dire consequences for the West
according to reports today Russia is plotting a destructive wave of cyber
attacks against the UK's electrical grids water supplies banking systems and
NHS databases speaking to Andrew Marr on the BBC this morning Boris Johnson
admitted the Russian threat is being taken very seriously by the British
Cabinet Mark wist the Foreign Secretary on the possibility of an outbreak of war
with Russia as the BBC journalist said the UK Russian relationship was as bad
as it has ever been he compared the standoff between the nuclear powers to
the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 which nearly triggered an outbreak of World
War 3 mr. Johnson responded look this is not something we relish any more than we
relish carrying out the strikes in Syria yesterday no-one wants to do this but we
have to do it to reinforce the point about chemical weapons I went to Moscow
in December we have held out the hand of engagement
we want to engage with Russia but I'm afraid the Russians give us every
possible signal and evidence that we have to beware of them when asked about
the immediate threat of a Russian revenge attack against the NHS or energy
facilities the Foreign Secretary said we have to take every possible precaution
we know the Russian record on this not just in Salisbury but the attacks on TV
stations on critical national infrastructure on democratic processes
we have to be very cautious indeed we do not seek an escalation he also added
that he has not spoken to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for a
significant period of time commenting that contacts with the Kremlin have
broken down . following the missile strikes fears are mounting of an
imminent Russian backlash that could see vital services across the UK collapse
GCHQ is monitoring online signs of cyber aggression from Vladimir Putin's regime
there are concerns that key infrastructure including water supplies
gas networks banks hospitals and air traffic control could be hit Moscow's
ambassador to the u.s. Anatoly Antonov said a pre-designed scenario is being
implemented again we are being threatened we warned
that such actions will not be left without consequences all
responsibilities for them rests with Washington London and Paris thanks for
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