There are no plans right now for the U.K. military to train Ukrainian troops in Ukraine, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said this weekend, shortly after the defense minister indicated it was a possibility.
Ukraine's Western allies have provided it with billions of dollars of military equipment and training on the more advanced weapons, but those allies have refused to send troops in a formal fighting capacity to reduce the possibility of the conflict expanding, likely bringing NATO into it.
“I was talking today about eventually getting the training brought closer and actually into Ukraine as well," Shapps told the Sunday Telegraph. “Particularly in the west of the country, I think the opportunity now is to bring more things ‘in country’ — not just training, but also we’re seeing BAE [the U.K. defense firm], for example, move into manufacturing in country, for example."
Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev responded to Shapps's comments, arguing that training Ukrainian troops in the country would make their British trainers"legal targets."
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