The UK Defence Secretary's remarks come after a new frigate was moved onto the Clyde.
The new type 26 frigate, HMS Glasgow, is structurally complete and has been slowly rolled from the shipyard’s hard standing in Govan onto a barge for transport down river.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace visited the shipyard, where he saw the frigate being rolled on to the barge. He added: “The one thing Putin is going to have left after his illegal invasion is a navy and an air force.“We’ve seen worries about critical national infrastructure, gas pipelines, internet cables. We need ships that are going to hunt those submarines or deter them, and that’s the role the ships are going to take.”The Defence Secretary said the Russian president is targeting Ukraine’s power grid and other civilian infrastructure to “mask” his military failures.
He noted the illegality of targeting civilian infrastructure under international law, adding that “we’re not going to let that type of bullying and brutality be successful”. “I think it’s really, really important that we show international commitment and support and solidarity for Ukraine.”
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