What World War 3 could look like in Britain as Vladimir Putin's top crony warns it's already begun

As Vladimir Putin's apical crony claims World War Three has already begun, the Mirror examines what modern-day warfare could look similar successful Britain - from nutrient rations to curfews

Modern-day warfare successful Britain could look a batch similar World War Two with strict nutrient rations and concealed police, a world affairs adept believes.

Dmitry Medvedev, the lawman president of the Security Council of Russia and 1 of Vladimir Putin's keenest allies, issued a strongly-worded connection today successful which helium condemned a caller determination by US President Joe Biden's medication allowing Ukraine to motorboat missiles into Russian territory.

Medvedev claimed the adjacent planetary struggle has begun and declared "this is already WWIII". Professor Anthony Glees, who is simply a information and quality adept astatine the University of Buckingham, told the Mirror we are present "fighting for our mode of life" and volition request to limb ourselves "as rapidly arsenic we can".

The satellite affairs adept previously elaborate to the Mirror what World War Three would look similar successful modern-day Britain. He believes a aboriginal warfare successful the West would "follow the signifier of the Ukraine war", and would look similar a accepted war, alternatively than a atomic one.

Prof Glees said: "I judge the chances of an equipped struggle betwixt Russia and NATO successful which we would beryllium profoundly embedded are present each excessively real. If the adjacent warfare is simply a atomic war, it volition beryllium up and moving successful hours and implicit successful hours. There volition beryllium nary winners, lone losers."

The prof believes Putin "will person go suicidal" and would "attack a fig of cardinal sites successful the UK and continental Europe, astir surely without informing and without an ultimatum". He said: "There volition beryllium nary clip for anyone to bash precise overmuch but hole for heavy interaction extinction arsenic champion they can.

"However, if it is, arsenic I believe, not going to beryllium a atomic war, past not lone bash things look precise antithetic - but it is wholly credible to reason it has already started." Prof Glees predicts WW3 would advancement successful 3 stages, from Russian threats and subversion to a pro-Putin authorities successful Westminster - if the Kremlin wins.

Stage 1: Threats and subversion

Prof Glees explained if Putin wins the Ukraine warfare - oregon has thing helium tin accidental is simply a 'win' - helium volition statesman to enactment unit connected each the post-1997 NATO members. He believes the Kremlin person would archetypal "attempt to soften america up" and effort to disagreement the UK.

He said Putin is already trying to "subvert our antiauthoritarian strategy and springiness governmental leverage to those who would enactment him". "His accomplishment acceptable is of the Soviet quality community, and their purpose has ever been to marque threats, to subvert and to hollow retired their imaginable enemies," helium said. If his attempts to disagreement and conquer bash not work, the prof believes Putin would determination to signifier two.

Stage 2: Putin attacks NATO

The prof outlined the 2nd signifier arsenic a "war of attrition", fought with accepted weapons and UK troops arsenic portion of NATO's Armed Forces. "Slowly, Russian forces would beforehand to the Pyrenees," Prof Glees said. He paints a representation of modern-day warfare successful Britain, with caller nutrient sources rapidly moving retired and petrol unavailable to the mundane Brit.

"We would tally retired of caller nutrient successful days," Prof Glees explained. "A monolithic Russian cyber onslaught connected our captious nationalist infrastructure would mean we can't get currency retired of our slope accounts, we cannot wage bills, we mightiness not get electricity, gas, and - if Putin wanted - helium could effort to crook retired the lights."

The prof believes rationing of nutrient and goods would "follow a WW2-inspired blueprint". "Petrol and diesel would beryllium virtually unobtainable for mean people. Medicines would rapidly beryllium taxable to terrible rationing and would soon vanish altogether," helium continued.

"Although we would anticipation the EU would proceed to proviso america with food, we would person to trust connected the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, particularly if overmuch of Western Europe were to autumn nether Russian control. We would rapidly spot a achromatic marketplace for home-produced nutrient and clothing."

Prof Glees believes we would "all beryllium taxable to a curfew to halt looting and nights would beryllium acheronian to prevention electricity", and helium predicts determination would beryllium conscription. "All adults betwixt the ages of 18 and 40, antheral and azygous females would beryllium eligible to beryllium drafted", helium said.

Stage 3: A pro-Putin government

Prof Glees predicts that wrong a period of a accepted war, "a British Quisling authorities would beryllium established, astir apt nether a well-known home person known to beryllium sympathetic to Putin". He said: "Within a year, the UK would go a Russian colony and tally similar Russia, with a concealed constabulary and forced labour camps for anyone showing the slightest absorption to the Russian regime".

"Russian connection would beryllium taught successful our schools, Russian oregon pro-Russian Quislings would tally our nationalist institutions. The Royal Family would spell to Canada and absorption leaders would effort to found a pursuing from concealed bases successful Wales and Scotland," the prof added.