DISINFO: The United Kingdom sends its army to seize Crimea
SUMMARY
Britain announced the sending of troops to Ukraine. The return of English special forces suggests that London will directly participate in planning operations in the Black Sea and Crimea. It will control their implementation directly from the ground.
RESPONSE
Disinformation about war in Ukraine and the involvement of the West.
The United Kingdom's Defence Minister Grant Shapps has not made any announcements about sending British combat troops to Ukraine to participate in the de-occupation of Ukrainian Crimea. The talk was exclusively about British training instructors and the mission to train the Armed Forces of Ukraine to effectively counter Russian aggression.
Such missions are currently carried out on the territories of allied states, including the United Kingdom. Defence Minister Shapps suggested that, in the future, the training programme for the Ukrainian armed forces could be moved not only closer to the borders of Ukraine, but also to its western regions. Shapps also noted that he considers it possible to open branches of British Defence companies directly in Ukraine.
Later, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak explained that these plans are long-term and that UK instructors will not be sent to Ukraine in the near future. Separately, Sunak emphasised that Britain is not going to send its army to war with Russia.
“What the defence secretary was saying was that it might well be possible one day in the future for us to do some of that training in Ukraine...But that's something for the long term, not the here and now. There are no British soldiers that will be sent to fight in the current conflict,” Sunak concluded.
The US, the EU and NATO condemn in the strongest possible terms Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which is entirely unjustified and unprovoked. Not only Western but also many other nations around the world support Ukraine with military and financial aid for the country’s efficient self-defence, in accordance with the UN Charter article 51, to stop Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.
However, NATO has repeatedly emphasised that the Alliance is not involved in the Russian war and does not intend to send its troops into the territory of Ukraine. NATO's actions are purely defensive in nature and are not aimed at provoking conflict, but at preventing it.
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