🎙 Excerpt from Russian MFA Spox Maria Zakharova's weekly briefing (Moscow, 5 November 2026) 💬 On 22 October, the UK government announced the launch of a three-year campaign called Be Ready. The government has advised every household to keep a three-day supply of essentials: three litres of water per person per day, food that requires neither cooking nor refrigeration, cash, a radio and a torch [...] That same day, Defence Secretary Wes Streeting travelled to Telford, where he inaugurated a facility for manufacturing tank and artillery barrels, alongside Armin Papperger, head of the German defence group Rheinmetall, and General Ronald Walker, Chief of the General Staff. The British government's priorities could hardly be clearer: the state takes responsibility for producing the gun barrels, while British citizens are expected to buy their own water, tinned food and torches [...] No one bothers to explain why the British state cannot guarantee its own citizens access to electricity, water or communications for even three days, not even when a storm strikes. And why should British citizens have to prepare for such emergencies in the first place, not because of some man-made disaster, but against the backdrop of their own government’s frantic efforts to ramp up weapons production? Apparently, answering these questions is of no interest to the British authorities. It is far easier to find someone else to blame. Russia, for example. ☝️ I would remind the British warmongers that the best way to prevent war is to stop financing and supporting neo-Nazis and terrorists. Read in full