Quartz has a story today on the UK practicing their cyber attacks to turn the lights out in Moscow. This is a very effective way to demonstrate to the Russians that their kind of interference is not without consequence. Of course the UK is still more than miffed at the Russians for trying to assassinate a spy on their soil with Russian nerve agent. They thought that was cute, and that the UK would do nothing. They may think twice before trying something like that again. The Russians were meddling in Brexit before that, so the escalation has been rapid and worse with each step. The UK is not waiting for the next round.
The best way to show some capability is to use it against a unit or geographical region that the Russians are in, like Moldova. There little "peacekeeping" force can have its lights turned out for a day or two and nobody will notice - except Russia. The UK capability then becomes credible, and the Russians start thinking about their adventures before doing them again. Give the Brits some credit for their spunk.
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