Will the UK Send Troops to Ukraine?

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron, speaking as the country's foreign minister, expressed his opposition to sending Western troops to Ukraine for training or combat support.

In an interview with Germany's Süddeutsche Zeitung, he emphasized that Britain prefers to conduct training missions outside of Ukraine, highlighting that 60,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been trained this way to avoid making them targets for Russia.

This topic surfaced after French President Emmanuel Macron did not rule out the potential deployment of Western troops to Ukraine amidst the Russian invasion.

However, the UK has stated through a representative for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that there are no plans for significant troop deployment, only acknowledging small units sent for medical training.

Additionally, French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu indicated there are no current plans to send combat troops, focusing instead on potential training or demining operations.

Cameron also mentioned Ukraine's need for more long-range weapons and mentioned working with Germany to possibly provide German-made Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.

He avoided discussing the idea of Germany supplying Taurus missiles to the UK, which would allow Britain to provide more of its own Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine. Germany has hesitated to deliver Taurus missiles due to concerns they could be used to target locations deep within Russia.

The UK and France have previously supplied Ukraine with Storm Shadow/Scalp missiles with a 250-kilometer range, and the US has provided ATACMS with a 165-kilometer range.