Russia has every reason to say Britain is party to the conflict, Ambassador Andrey Kelin has said.
The UK has given Russia every reason to view it as a party to the Ukraine conflict, including by deploying troops on the ground, Moscow’s ambassador to London, Andrey Kelin, has said.
British involvement is deep and reflects a strategy of containing Russia, Kelin told RIA Novosti in an interview published on Monday.
“Britain provides Kiev with political direction, supports it financially and with materiel, shares intelligence, arms, trains, and fights alongside the Ukrainian armed forces and other militarized structures,” he stated. “We have every right to consider London as a de facto party to the conflict.”
Kelin said British military planners are stationed at the embassy in Kiev. The UK helps Ukrainian special services plan operations against Russia, and have extended the Interflex training program for Ukrainian troops in the UK through at least 2026.
The presence of active-duty British troops in Ukraine is now openly acknowledged, as shown by a service member’s death last December while “observing Ukrainian forces test a new defensive capability,” as the Ministry of Defense stated. London avoids confirming combat roles, Kelin said, but “there are many ways to present incidents in a relatively decent light.”
British veterans also serve as mercenaries in Ukraine, he added, likely “inspired by the media rhetoric and… the government’s message that Kiev needs to be supported in every way,” though not officially directed by London.
Kelin described Moscow-London relations as long being strained by successive British governments’ antagonism. Using Russia as a bogeyman to distract from domestic issues is alienating voters from mainstream parties, he argued, pointing to the rise of Reform UK.
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Russia should release the body count, to the people of the collective west , all foreign nationals killed in action to date. Let the people know the cost that has been accrued in their name by their ” democratic governments”.
Please bomb said embassy, London needs to be taught a lesson.
Just confirms what we already knew
Clever propaganda
Postulate and put forward the prospect and possibility of sending troops into Ukraine as part of a ‘Coalition of the Willing’
When they are in fact already there and operating and in the country
The UK has long been in decline and large part of the reason for that, are entrenched, dogma driven imperialist attitudes amongst its so called elite but also elements of its everyday population, as well. It wont do well against Russia as this is an existential issue for them. All this will do is underline how hopelessly out of touch the UK establishment is with reality. Which is turn will weaken it further abroad and back home.
The British Army is simulating the Ukrainian front: London has begun training soldiers for a direct military clash with Russia.
https://avia-pro.net/news/britanskaya-armiya-imitiruet-ukrainskiy-front-london-nachal-podgotovku-soldat-k-pryamomu
If you want the UK to go to war, all you have to so is blackmail the political leadership.
This applies to all politicians.
A secret video here, a photo there. A hiddern microphone. Tapped phone call.
I am not surprised the UK is secretly on the ground in Ukraine.
The UK does not have the will of its people. Effectively zero support. I suspect the same party will be decimated at the next election.