Rishi Sunak: Britain Must Be Prepared To Strike Russia's Military Bases In The Arctic

The former prime minister called for containing Russia in the Far North.

The United Kingdom must demonstrate that Russia will not be able to establish control over the Arctic, as this region is of critical importance to Western security. This view was expressed by former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in an article for The Sunday Times.

According to him, it is dangerous to hope that the security threats to Britain and all of Europe will subside anytime soon, and this is particularly evident in the Arctic. “It is warming four times faster than the global average, which is opening up new sea routes and intensifying competition for resources: it is estimated that 13 and 30 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil and gas reserves, respectively, are concentrated there. Between 2023 and 2025, Chinese operators doubled the number of container voyages through the Arctic. Ships can travel this route about twice as fast as they can along the traditional route from China to Europe via the Suez Canal,” Sunak writes.

He emphasized that the Arctic poses a security challenge and agreed with U.S. President Donald Trump that the region is important for Western defense.

Sunak noted that Russia has long concentrated the bulk of its nuclear capabilities in the Far North. Previously, Moscow’s capabilities there were limited by natural conditions, but global warming is changing the situation. “President Putin is increasingly testing the waters, probing Western defenses to gauge how quickly Moscow can assert its influence,” the politician noted.

According to him, Russia’s Baltic and Black Sea fleets have effectively been blocked, which has increased the importance of the Northern Fleet, into which Putin has invested enormous resources. The Arctic, Sunak emphasized, is the gateway to the North Atlantic, and any NATO strategy depends on the ability to control this region.

Sunak identified containing Russia in the Far North as Britain’s most important contribution to European security over the next ten years. “This is in our national interest and aligns with what our allies—both in Europe and in Washington—expect of us,” he concluded.

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