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UK may abandon plans to deploy large troop force to Ukraine, the Times reports
kyivindependent.com ^ | April 25, 2025 | Olena Goncharova

Posted on 04/25/2025 7:39:57 AM PDT by ransomnote

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To: ransomnote

Looks like it’s more SHOOT FIRST, ASK QUESTIONS LATER in most of these announced plans to do such and such...”on second thought, not going to do it”! Getting to be a habit of politicians. Didn’t make any sense when they said it months ago!


41 posted on 04/25/2025 9:43:49 AM PDT by Thank You Rush ( )
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To: Jan_Sobieski

The Brits have more admirals than they have ships so they can spare a few for the front lines in Ukraine.


42 posted on 04/25/2025 9:47:29 AM PDT by rdcbn1 (TV )
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To: ransomnote

The UK has about 70,000 people total in its army. Of those only 19,000 are deployable.

That’s the entire British Army.

“Large” troop presence? What would that be in UK terms - a brigade?


43 posted on 04/25/2025 10:03:23 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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Instead of placing troops near the front lines, the U.K. and France now aim to send military trainers to western Ukraine, fulfilling a commitment to deploy personnel without engaging in direct defense roles.

A.K.A. REMF

44 posted on 04/25/2025 10:04:37 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (May Rachel Zegler and Disney never know profits.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2
In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 03/01/2025 Vol.505, Q Day 2682, ransomnote wrote:
https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1896000661084577938




45 posted on 04/25/2025 10:43:30 AM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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At this point the UK could not defend itself much less the Ukraine.


46 posted on 04/25/2025 1:23:26 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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“The UK doesn’t have the troops/equipment and never sincerely planned to deploy in the first place, IMHO. But they all want the US to deploy - we’re to be the ultimate proxy for the UK.”

You got it. It was gonna be us all along. Those Euros are too smart and sophisticated for this, let those dumb Kansas farmboys die in the shit and the mud and the blood. The Frogs maybe, could, might send the Foreign Legion and the Brits might, could, maybe send the Gurkhas. I’ll bet my firstborn they’ll never send any actual Frenchmen or British.


47 posted on 04/26/2025 3:50:53 AM PDT by rxh4n1
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Meanwhile Europe’s Deep States are the real clear and present danger to the citizenry.


48 posted on 04/26/2025 4:00:39 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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