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British Foreign Secretary rules out sending British troops to Ukraine

4 April, 2024 Thursday
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British Foreign Secretary David Cameron has rejected the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine. In his opinion, Kyiv should be given more weapons

He said this in a BBC Ukrainecast podcast.

He admitted that "the war will be lost if the allies do not intervene." But when asked whether Western countries should send troops to Ukraine, Cameron said: "No".

According to him, NATO troops should not be a target for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

The minister said that next week he will make his second visit to the United States since becoming Foreign Minister and will call on Congress to provide more financial support that "can change the course of events" in Ukraine.

"If we can get that money out of the US Congress, if we can get Ukraine the arms they need, if we can show Putin that he can't outwait us and that Ukraine is going to fight back and win back more of its territory. If we can do all those things, whoever gets in in November (referring to the US presidential election - ed.), we'll look at the situation in Ukraine and... look at more and more Nato members spending 2% of their GDP on defence and say, this is a success story. I want to invest in this success," Cameron said.

He noted that he is ready to cooperate with any president who comes to power in the United States.

  • February 26 French President Emmanuel Macron says that the deployment of Western ground troops to combat Russian aggression should not be ruled out in the future.
  • February 29 Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas says that Western leaders should not rule out the possibility of sending NATO troops to Ukraine.
  • Czech President Petr Pavel said that support for Ukraine by NATO troops directly on its territory would not violate any international norms.
  • On March 5, it is reported that Canada is considering sending military instructors to Ukraine, but there are no conditions for this at this time.
  • On April 3, Finnish President Alexander Stubb said that his country would support Ukraine in all possible ways, but would not send troops.
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