By Victor Duda
About it reports Sky News. It happened after Sir Kir Starmer declared his readiness to place "his own troops on the spot, if necessary" to reach an agreement with Russia. "We have only a few days left for Britain to lead Europe and save Ukraine from a false agreement fabricated by Trump and Putin," said the leader of Liberal Democrats Sir Ed Dave.
It happened after Michak Martin, a former British army officer, criticized the comments of the Prime Minister, calling them "premature and strategically illiterate," adding that his statement "needs more refinement. " Martin, who is also a senior invited researcher at the Department of Military Studies of the Royal College of London, noted that the UK's armed forces are not in a "appropriate state" to be sent to Ukraine.
He also warned that Europe should generally be "very cautious" about the large-scale military deployment in the country, as it can do other countries, such as Poland and Finland, more vulnerable to the threat from Russia. In his post on X he noted that he supports the idea of British troops in Ukraine, but for the British military need more resources and needs to consider European security at a strategic angle.
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