The UK will be ready to fight Russia tonight if they invade another Eastern European country - Top UK Army officer warns after Putin said his new missiles cannot be intercepted

Britain’s armed forces would be ready to fight Russia “tonight” if Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded another eastern European country, according to a top UK military official has said after Putin warned that new ballistic missiles fired at Ukraine this week cannot be intercepted by any air Defence in the world.

President Vladimir Putin on Friday said Russia will continue to test the hypersonic ballistic missile known as “Oreshnik,” which it fired at Ukraine on Thursday.

In a televised meeting with the leadership of Russia’s defense ministry, Putin claimed the missile could not be intercepted by air defenses and said Russia will begin serial production of the new system.

“There are currently no means of countering such a missile, no means of intercepting it, in the world. And I will emphasize once again: We will continue testing the latest system,” Putin said.

He said Russia was developing “several similar systems” for further testing.

“Based on the test results, these weapons will also go into production. That is, we are developing a whole line of medium- and shorter-range systems,” he added.

Putin’s comments come a day after Russia fired the “Oreshnik” missile which contains multiple warheads at Ukraine’s Dnipro region.

Kyiv initially accused Russia of firing an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at Ukraine, although Western officials later said the weapon was an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile. According to US and Western officials, the ballistic missile carried multiple warheads, which may be the first time such a weapon has been used in war.

Responding Rob Magowan, deputy chief of the British defense staff, told a parliament defense committee;

“If the British Army was asked to fight tonight, it would fight tonight. And I don’t think anybody in this room should be under any illusion that if the Russians invaded eastern Europe tonight, then we would meet them in that fight,”