Loading ...Western “Boots On The Ground” In Ukraine: Britain Sends 75 “Military Advisers” To Combat “Russia-Backed Aggression”
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 02/24/2015 14:33 -0500
In what we believe is the first touchdown of Western ‘boots-on-the-ground’ in Ukraine, Britain’s David Cameron stated today that British military personnel are to be deployed to Ukraine for the first time in the next few weeks to provide advice and training to government troops. As The Guardian reports, Britain would be “the strongest pole in the tent”, and argued for tougher sanctions against Moscow if Russian-backed militias in eastern Ukraine failed to observe the ceasefire. The MoD said up to 75 personnel would begin to deploy to Ukraine from next month as Cameron warned sanctions could become “materially different” and held out SWIFT exclusion once again.