The former head of the Navy has warned that the Russia-Ukraine war risks spiralling into a nuclear confrontation. Admiral Lord West, the former First Sea Lord, issued the dire warning as he said Britain was already "effectively at war" with Moscow. He pointed to "grey zone warfare" - hostile acts that fall outside traditional armed conflict - such as Russian sabotage of undersea cables and drone incursions along Nato's eastern flank. Lord West told the Lord Speaker's podcast: “It’s quite