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25th February 2026
01:04pm GMT

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia's president Vladimir Putin has already started World War III, as an expert has revealed one place in Britain to avoid, in case it breaks out.
Speaking about the notion of a Third World War, Zelenskyy told the BBC: “I believe that Putin has already started it.”
“The question is how much territory he will be able to seize and how to stop him”, Zelenskyy said.
“Russia wants to impose on the world a different way of life and change the lives people have chosen for themselves”, he added.
Which place isn’t safe in the UK in the event of World War III?
According to historian and author Dr. David Swift, there is one location which isn’t safe for the Brits, and it’s where you can find UK submarines.
“You also wouldn't want to be near the River Clyde as that's where the UK Trident submarines are based. Ideally, you'd want to be somewhere in the countryside, far from major cities”, he told The Mirror.

The River Clyde, which stretches more than 100 miles across rugged Scotland, and passing through Glasgow, houses HMNB Clyde, where the UK's nuclear submarines weaponised with Trident missiles is located on Gare Loch.
“The UK's energy and internet infrastructure is very vulnerable to sabotage, so it would be good to live somewhere off grid with an independent energy supply”, he added.
“Two-thirds of homes in Northern Ireland, for example, use oil heaters to provide their heat and energy, and so don't rely on mains gas. You would also want to have access to satellite broadband, which is available mostly in rural areas”, Dr. Swift added.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer recently said that “Europe must be ready to fight Russia” and it seems tensions are continuing to rise.
Earlier this year, a former US Air Force nuclear protection specialist warned that there are three places in the UK that should be avoided in case World War III breaks out.
While late last year, an ex-Russian Deputy PM posted a map of over 20 UK sites to target and destroy.
World War III is a hypothetical future global conflict, and it widely predicted that such a war would involve all of the great powers and the use of nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction.
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