UK will not deploy combat troops to Ukraine, Defence Minister says
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London. Britain will not deploy combat troops to Ukraine, which is fighting pro-Russian separatists along its eastern flank, Defence Minister Michael Fallon told parliament on Wednesday, Reuters reported.
Prime Minister David Cameron said on Tuesday that Britain would deploy military personnel to Ukraine in the next month to help train the Ukrainian army, warning that Moscow would move to destabilise other countries if left unchallenged.
“We are not deploying combat troops to Ukraine and will not do so,” Fallon said when asked whether the deployment of military personnel would provoke so-called mission creep.
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