UK considers sending troops to train Ukrainians

The Ministry of Defence is considering the anticipation of sending British troops to Ukraine to assistance bid its equipped forces.

Defence Secretary John Healey has been successful the superior Kyiv to sermon plans to supply much enactment to Ukraine successful the coming year.

He declined to springiness details of those plans, but defence sources accidental helium has not ruled retired sending UK troops to Ukraine to assistance train.

At the moment, Britain has been grooming Ukrainian troops successful the UK. There is besides a tiny squad of British Army medics providing grooming wrong Ukraine.

Healey came to Kyiv with the committedness of an further £225m of subject enactment – for much drones, artillery shells and aerial defences.

But helium said helium had besides been discussing however to enactment Ukraine successful the strongest imaginable presumption for the coming year. That, helium said, progressive much weapons, much grooming and much sanctions connected Russia.

Defence sources accidental that 1 enactment nether information is sending British troops to Ukraine to assistance bid their forces. Speaking to the BBC, Healey declined to springiness specifics.

"The item of our associated Ukrainian program volition person to remain, let's say, unavailable to [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin," helium said.

US President-elect Donald Trump has promised to effort to bring an extremity to the war. Some Western nations person been discussing however they mightiness supply information guarantees for Ukraine should that happen.

Healey said helium would hold to spot Trump's plans but the defence caput said his superior work was to bash everything imaginable for Ukraine portion it continued its fight.

His comments travel up of a gathering successful Brussels connected Thursday, which volition beryllium attended by Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, arsenic good representatives of EU countries and Nato.

Lammy, echoing the defence secretary, said the treatment would absorption connected what further enactment was needed to "put Ukraine successful the strongest imaginable presumption arsenic we caput into and done 2025".

"It is hugely important that allies close crossed Europe measurement up successful that enactment they are giving Ukraine, the grooming that is inactive indispensable for their equipped forces, the finances that we inactive request implicit the longer term, and we person to find innovative ways to find that finance," helium added.

The UK and different Nato members person not sent troops to Ukraine oregon enforced a no-fly portion implicit the country, for fearfulness of being pulled into a nonstop struggle with Russia. However, idiosyncratic members person supplied arms and equipment.

The concern successful Ukraine was besides discussed erstwhile Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer spoke to Trump during a telephone telephone connected Wednesday.

"The Prime Minister reiterated the request for allies to basal unneurotic with Ukraine successful the look of Russian aggression and to guarantee Ukraine is successful the strongest imaginable position," said a Downing Street spokesperson.