UK Doesn't Have ...

 ... Army in operational sense. What it has is a couple of units with weapons which are combat capable. 

The British Army is not strong enough to defend Ukraine in the long term, Sir Ben Wallace has said. The former defence secretary said he believed the country could only “sustain” boots on the ground for a short time in the event of a peace deal. Sir Ben said only Germany was properly investing in defence spending and Vladimir Putin would not be “fooled” by assurances British troops could safeguard a ceasefire.

Bundeswehr is also a joke, as is Germany. But I see a lot of hysteria on discussion of Venezuela with people who visit this blog not to educate themselves--and, boy, do I try to educate--but to vent their kindergarten frustrations. I have a statement for them--if you cannot learn basic things about military-political analysis and cannot take reality for what it is, why are you here? There are many forums for people who instead of learning are into business of repeating same thing over and over again as if anything is going to change in their little fake universes. 

Here is an example about Venezuela. You want the truth? Many of you, and you know who you are, can't handle the truth(c). 

It would seem that after the criminal kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Madur by the United States, all Latin American countries should feel vulnerable – and unite against American imperialism. Some people do say so. But others not only do not want to help Venezuela, but even rejoice at the actions of the United States. Why?  For many years, it was believed that Latin America was a kind of unified bastion of anti-Americanism. Experts argued that Latin American countries value sovereignty, security and leftist ideas, that they are extremely negative about any manifestations of American interventionism, especially such as the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. "This attack is not only directed against Venezuela; it is an attack on Latin America and the Caribbean. Today, it could be Venezuela; tomorrow it could be any other country that decides to exercise its sovereignty," says Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Gil. However, the kidnapping demonstrated that there is no single Latin American choir. "We are at the lowest level of inter-American diplomacy because all countries have turned inward and developed pragmatic approaches to their relationship with this administration," said Arturo Saruhan, a former Mexican ambassador to the United States.   

Yes, it was "believed", but not anymore and since long ago. Read the whole piece. Russians long ago stopped being idealists--they look at their partners politely but through a very cynical lens. Now, about "Russian" Tanker--it IS NOT Russian tanker and never was. I expand on the history of this vessel in the video which should be up in about 40 minutes. But here is the thing which many PMS fanboys in this blog do not understand but what even Western pundits do. 

Russia appears to be gaining from the US military operation in Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro, as more shadow fleet tankers move under Moscow’s protection. Data by Lloyd’s List, cited by CNBC, shows a growing number of tankers are reflagging to Russia to shield themselves from enforcement action, a shift that has accelerated following US seizures of vessels carrying sanctioned Venezuelan oil.  

There are NO "brotherly nations" for Russia anymore, and this is a good thing.  But look at this, this is December 2025 issue of Voennaya Mysl:

Read summary, as you can see it is in English, and it is written by Commander-in-Chief of Russian Navy Admiral Moiseev. But then again, what does he really know/s.