Would Vlad the Impaler actually DO that?  Because hitting the Brits is basically identical to hitting the FSoA.  It was the imminent threat that Hitler would invade England that got the FSoA into WWII much more than the Jap attack on Pear Harbor.  The Anglo-American Alliance precedes NATO and the ties between Wall Street and the City of London form the economic heart of Capitalism.

If he was to attack Brit targets, what would they be?  Would it be North Sea Oil platforms?  Pipelines?  Direct bombing of the British islands?  Hitting Brit targets inside Ukie borders is no biggy other than some political fallout if Brit soldiers are killed, but all that might do is get the Brits to withdraw any troops they have there, not their equipment and munitions.

How will the Brits respond to the threat?  Will they stop sending military hardware to Ukraine?  What kind of hardware do they actually supply?  Who are the bomb manufacturers supplying the Ukies, and where are their munitions factories?  What sort of identifying marks are there on the bomb casings that could be used to identify who made the explosive?

Of course, if you are goingto retaliate against the Brits if their hardware is used, logically you would also have to retaliate against FSoA or Israeli targets if their bombs or missiles are used.  Any of these retaliations is a direct escalation to WWIII.

It seems beyond reason that Vlad would actually do this.  War however often is not a reasoned outcome.  Diner opinions welcome.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-will-strike-british-targets-if-uk-weapons-are-used-hit-its-2024-05-23/

Russia says it will strike British targets if UK weapons are used to hit its territory

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