Some experts believe training from UK armed forces could be invaluable for Ukraine’s military efforts - but politically risky
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow on Thursday As Moscow celebrated Victory Day with a parade in Red Square, Mr Putin told the crowd that Western elites had forgotten the Soviet Union’s role in defeating the Nazis 79 years ago and were stoking conflict, warning “we will not allow anyone to threaten us”.
Mr Putin insisted on Thursday that preparations for the practice deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in southern Russia were nothing unusual after Moscow said earlier this week it would hold the drills after what it characterised as threats from France, Britain and the United States.that sending more British personnel to Ukraine could risk creating political divisions within Nato, if foreign military trainers were to be attacked and killed.
“A lot of elections are going on right now all over the world and this is extremely politically risky, both the Conservatives and Labour will be thinking about it closely.” Ukraine’s 800,000-strong army is “a lot” of soldiers to train, he added, pointing out that training armies at scale was an issue in both World Wars. However, the professor thinks it’s invaluable that Ukrainian troops are trained in Ukraine.
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