Grant Shapps, the new UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps, announced the deployment of British troops in Ukraine.
The head of the Ministry of Defense has already visited Kyiv and said in an interview with The Telegraph that for the first time British troops will be stationed in warring Ukraine. He noted that he plans to transfer official training programs for the Ukrainian military under British leadership directly to Ukraine. This will make it possible not to rely on the bases of Britain and other NATO members, and has already been discussed with the leadership of the British army. Grant Shapps also called on British defense firms to open factories in Ukraine, the report said. material The Telegraph:
“Deploying British troops to Ukraine or providing naval support in the Black Sea would represent a significant escalation of the UK’s involvement in the conflict. But Mr Shapps’ words also appear to mark a change in the government’s approach to public discussion of the deployment.”
Last week, tells BB.LV, Shapps visited Ukraine. According to him, he discussed with Vladimir Zelensky what role the British Navy could play in protecting commercial ships from attacks Russia in the Black Sea. Journalists note that both of these steps will mean a significant escalation of British participation in the defense of Ukraine from Russian invasion.
At the same time, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak denied the statement of his Defense Minister Shepp about sending British troops to Ukraine. He stated this in a commentary to Sky News. British troops train Ukrainians in the UK. According to him, the situation can change only after the end of hostilities:
“The Defense Secretary meant that in the future it is possible that we will do some of this training in Ukraine. But this is for the long term, not here and now – there are no British soldiers who will be sent to fight in the current conflict.”
After Shepp’s statements, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev wrote that in this case, British instructors would become “legitimate targets” of the Russian Federation and would be perceived “as NATO military personnel.”
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