1、2025/6/21 12:53The Kremlin Views the UKs SDR as a Declaration of War|Royal United Services Institutehttps:/www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/kremlin-views-uks-sdr-declaration-war1/9COMMENTARYThe Kremlin Views the UKs SDR as a Declarationof WarEmily Ferris19 June 202510 Minute
2、 ReadA?er the UKs newly published Strategic Defence Review tookaim at Russia,Moscows response showed that theirunderstanding of us has some way to go.It has been an eventful few weeks for Russia.An unprecedented andinnovative Ukrainian drone attack targeting air?elds deep inside Russia;more negotiat
3、ions with the Americans in Istanbul;the detonation of theannexed Crimea Bridge;its involvement in the Israel-Iran war,and thepublication of the UKs Strategic Defence Review(SDR),calling Russia animmediate and pressing threat to British national security.Although someof these are more important than
4、others in Moscows eyes,they raisequestions about Russias perceptions of security matters,and in particularhow they interpret the threat from Europe.If Russia indeed poses one of the most signi?cant threats to British nationalsecurity,then it is worth trying to get under the skin of how the Russians
