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Keir Starmer shouldn’t wait – he must deploy British troops to Ukraine now (metro.co.uk)

submitted 3 days ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Thanks, the Metro, for your expert analysis on the situation...

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

I would think Poland and Ukraine would have a relationship outside of NATO. What’s stopping Poland from helping them out?

[–] cook_pass_babtridge@feddit.uk 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely insane article. It sounds like he thinks putting British troops in Ukraine will push Russia back out of the Donbas. They're going there as peacekeepers, not to "secure a decisive victory".

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Considering Russian warfare, I'm assuming it'll be less than 24 hours after we set a peacekeeping camp before Russia bombs it and tried to claim it was Ukraine.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nah, they've been claiming since Day 1 that they're already at war with NATO, they'll just claim it as proof.

[–] frazorth@feddit.uk 1 points 1 day ago

Ukraine isn't in NATO.

It's all bullshit. Ignore them, they're ignoring you.

[–] Jackthelad@lemmy.world -3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

People really are desperate to start World War Three, aren't they?

[–] Doom@ttrpg.network 6 points 2 days ago

Lol how does that move start world war three?

who's invading again?

[–] horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Sending UK troops to Ukraine would not be an escalation, it would be a justified response in the same way that North Korean troops are in that same theater of war.

Russia seems to want to threaten World War 3. Is that the rhetoric you're using as well?

[–] slakemoth@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Well why don't you fucking volunteer to go Ukraine then if its so important.

I'll tend your wounds when you're home sweetie

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Russia sending North Korean troops into Ukraine didn't start World War 3 why would this?