Russia is already at war with Britain, defence adviser warns

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‘Russia is at war with us’, one of the authors of Sir Keir Starmer’s flagship strategic defence review has warned

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Britain is at war with Russia already, one of the authors of the government’s strategic defence review has warned, while arguing that we can no longer depend on the US as a reliable ally.

Dr Fiona Hill, who served as the White House’s chief Russia adviser during Donald Trump’s first term in office, said the UK is in “pretty big trouble”, warning that the country is stuck between “the rock” of Russia and the “hard place” of an increasingly unreliable US under Mr Trump.