Oct 1, 2023, 4:08 PM

UK PM insists no plan to send British troops to Ukraine

UK PM insists no plan to send British troops to Ukraine

TEHRAN, Oct. 01 (MNA) – Rishi Sunak has made clear that Defence Secretary Grant Shapps’ suggestion that British troops could train forces in Ukraine is not for the “here and now.”

The Prime Minister on Sunday ruled out UK forces going to Ukraine and said that the recently appointed political head of the Ministry of Defence was discussing possible plans for the “long term”.

Shapps had said in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph that “eventually” he would like to get Britain’s long-standing training of Volodymyr Zelensky’s troops “in country” rather than in the UK.

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said any British troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets for the Kremlin’s forces.

He said that Britain has been training Ukrainian citizens and soldiers “for a long time” within the UK.

MNA/PR

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