Protection of critical infrastructure facilities in the UK may be entrusted to the Guard of 1 thousand volunteers.
This is reported by the British newspaper The Times. According to its data, the duties of this guard will include the defence of British power stations and airports from attacks by enemy states and terrorists.
It is noted that this formation is planned to be created on the model of the civil militia in 1940, when Britain was under threat of invasion by Nazi Germany.
Earlier it was reported that in London detained the second suspect in the arson attack on the house of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
