Posted on 02/15/2025 10:04:08 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
The UK military is "so run down" it could not lead any future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, the former head of the army has said.
Lord Dannatt told the BBC that up to 40,000 UK troops would be needed for such a mission and "we just haven't got that number available".
It comes after Sir Keir Starmer said the UK would "play its part" in guaranteeing Ukraine's security after the prime minister was asked this week if he was open to sending British troops as peacekeepers.
A former Nato chief told the BBC that Britain and France should lead a force of up to 100,000 troops as part of a long-term peacekeeping effort should Russia's war with Ukraine end.
US President Donald Trump earlier this week announced he had had a lengthy conversation with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, and that negotiations to stop the "ridiculous war" in Ukraine would begin "immediately".
Trump then "informed" Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, of his plan.
Lord Dannatt - who was head of the Army from 2006 to 2009 - agreed that a force to keep the peace would require about 100,000 troops.
However he said the UK would have to supply "quite a proportion of that and we really couldn't do it".
"Our military is so run down at the present moment, numerically and as far as capability and equipment is concerned, it would potentially be quite embarrassing," he told BBC Radio 4's The Week in Westminster.
"I mean, if we were to deploy 10,000 troops, each rotation for six months, that would effectively tie up 30,000 or 40,000 troops and we just haven't got that number available.
"So there are some big issues here that today's politicians won't really have considered."
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Hmmmmm! I wonder who’s available......
BTTT
“Z”....The USA is protecting its borders. You will protect your borders. That’s how it works.
Hmmmm, I wonder what the Argies are thinking when they hear that.
Sir Keir Starman screws up again
bttt
That’s okay, they have plenty of proxies to send into the meat grinder. Dude where’s your empire? London looks more like the Ottoman Empire these days.
I wonder where the U.N. is on all of this ?
Islas Malvinas
Move the UN to Kiev—let them defend themselves.
Lol.
Islas Malvinas
¡Sí!
NOT US
is my first answer.
IDGA.....damn
is my second answer.
What a disgrace. They can’t put 40,000 men on rotation.
but can we EVER EVER just say ONE TIME “it’s not our concern”?
I DONT CARE if Trump finds a solution or not.
As long as no money or men are sent.
He’d like to come and meet us
But he thinks he’d blow our minds
About 90% of the people at the UN are Parasites and only there for the money
Russia will be the only guarantor of Ukrainian security.
Can we find the 100 million that daddy Z can’t find? Or was it billion.
Like Nazi Germany was the “guarantor” of The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
Everyone involved busy avoiding reality and Z is the ringleader of the fantasy patrol. Putin will have all of Ukraine if they screw around much longer. There are less fortified areas ahead of the Russians now. Russia’s artillery dominance about to become even more deadly.
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