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Military top brass, analysts and MPs have been sending a stark message about the growing threat to 'assumptions' of peace and security in the Western world.
As fears mount that Brits could be drafted for war with Russia, Metro.co.uk examines legal mandatory conscription exemptions in the UK.
The British Army chief warned earlier this week that the public may conscripted to the military in the event of a war with Russia - but who would be exempt?
General Richard Shirreff, a former Nato commander, warned that the UK might need to introduce a system akin to that used in Finland in the event of a European land war.
General Sir Richard Sherriff tells Sky News that even if Russia is defeated in the war against Ukraine, it is going to remain determined to rebuild another empire, subjugate Ukraine, and then move on to other ex-Soviet countries, like NATO members. That could mean war with Russia.