The head of British diplomacy, David Cameron, expressed his opposition to sending Western forces to Ukraine, even to train soldiers, in an interview with the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung published on Saturday.
In response to a question about whether it would be wise in the current situation to exclude any sending of Western soldiers to Ukraine, he said: “It is better to carry out training missions outside the country. In the United Kingdom we have trained 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers.”
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The head of British diplomacy, David Cameron, expressed his opposition to sending Western forces to Ukraine, even to train soldiers, in an interview with the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung published on Saturday.
In response to a question about whether it would be wise in the current situation to exclude any sending of Western soldiers to Ukraine, he said: “It is better to carry out training missions outside the country. In the United Kingdom we have trained 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers.”
He stressed, according to statements translated by the newspaper into German: “We must avoid creating clear goals for Putin.”
He added: “We do not support training missions in Ukraine.”
French President Emmanuel Macron sparked intense controversy at the end of last February when he refused to rule out “in principle” the option of sending Western forces to Ukraine in the future.
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Downing Street responded by saying that a “small number” of people sent by the UK were actually there “to support the Ukrainian armed forces, particularly in relation to medical training”.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's spokesman added that he “does not plan a widespread rollout.”
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