Russia doesn't want a conflict with NATO as it would "lose quickly" the UK's armed forces chief said.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't really want a conflict with NATO because in that scenario Russia would quickly lose, the head of the UK's armed forces said on Tuesday.
He said that "the biggest reason that Putin doesn't want a conflict with NATO is because Russia will lose.
Radakin, speaking at a defense conference in London's Chatham House, said the UK is "not on the cusp of war with Russia.
"And it is the more dangerous Russia that we and NATO are responding to," he said. »