UK PM Rishi Sunak says there are not any plans for now to ship British troops to Ukraine

MANCHESTER: There are not any speedy plans to deploy navy instructors to Ukraine, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak stated on Sunday, rowing again from feedback by his defence minister who had advised troops might perform coaching within the nation.
Up to now, Britain and its allies have prevented a proper navy presence in Ukraine to scale back the danger of a direct battle with Russia.
British defence minister Grant Shapps, who was appointed to the function final month, stated in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph newspaper that he needed to deploy navy instructors to Ukraine, along with coaching Ukrainian armed forces in Britain or different Western nations.
Hours after that interview was printed, Sunak stated there have been no speedy plans to ship British troops to Ukraine.
“What the defence secretary was saying was that it would nicely be doable in the future sooner or later for us to do a few of that coaching in Ukraine,” Sunak informed reporters at the beginning of the governing Conservative Celebration’s annual convention in Manchester.
“However that is one thing for the long run, not the right here and now. There are not any British troopers that will probably be despatched to combat within the present battle.”
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday stated any British troopers coaching Ukrainian troops in Ukraine could be authentic targets for Russian forces
Britain has supplied five-week navy coaching programs to round 20,000 Ukrainians over the previous yr, and intends to coach an analogous quantity going ahead.
In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph, Shapps stated there was scope to supply navy coaching inside Ukraine after a dialogue on Friday with British navy chiefs.
“I used to be speaking as we speak about finally getting the coaching introduced nearer and truly into Ukraine as nicely,” he was quoted as saying. “Notably within the west of the nation, I feel the chance now’s to deliver extra issues ‘in nation’.”
Shapps added that he hoped British defence firms reminiscent of BAE Methods would proceed with plans to arrange arms factories in Ukraine.
In his speech on the convention, Shapps didn’t handle his earlier feedback, however stated the battle in Ukraine was consuming weapons and folks “at an appalling price” however “we should stay steadfast” in assist the nation in its battle in opposition to Russia.
Shapps additionally stated a whole bunch of British peacekeeping troops had been being despatched to Kosovo within the coming days after the worst violence in north of the nation in years.
British fighter jets had been additionally despatched to Poland this weekend, Shapps stated, to assist shield Nato’s jap flank following a request from the Polish authorities forward of the nation’s nationwide elections this month.