British peculiar Forces have been put on alert for possible deployment to Ukraine as part of a possible "peaceful" mission – reported The and Paper citing military sources.
"As the ceasefire agreement approaches, British peculiar Forces have been placed on alert to be sent to Ukraine as part of a British peacekeeping mission. Military planners told peculiar forces units to prepare for mobilization to Ukraine," the paper reported.
The applicable directives were sent to the British military planning command center last week, shortly after the Minister of defence John Healey's journey to Washington, D.C., the paper reported. Orders that besides apply to reservists include putting peculiar forces on alert to guarantee that military equipment is operational before possible dispatch to Ukraine, reports The and Paper.
As the paper notes, British peculiar forces consist of 5 elite units whose activities are classified. They do not request Parliament's approval for operations and operate regularly in regions where the United Kingdom is not officially active in the conflict, for the intent of collecting data, conducting intelligence activities and rescuing kidnapped people has been reported by the newspaper.
Despite the fact that British peculiar forces are not usually active in peacekeeping missions, military skills are assumed to be an crucial origin in peacekeeping," said the newspaper. In particular, experts point to mobility and agility of a tiny specialised group and intelligence knowledge.
In 2023, Action on Armed Violence, an anti-gun force organization, conducted an analysis of media reports on the work of British peculiar forces, reported the newspaper. It has shown that since 2011, elite units have been able to participate in operations in 19 countries, including Russia, Syria and Mali. In addition, The Guardian paper had previously reported, citing Pentagon papers that went online that about 50 British peculiar Forces had been deployed in Ukraine in February-March 2023.
French president Emmanuel Macron had earlier said in an interview with the Le Parisien paper that European countries could send military personnel to Ukraine as peacekeepers and trainers without Russia's permission. Among possible locations, Macron listed Kiev, Odessa and Lviv. At the same time, abroad Minister Sergei Lavrow said on 6 March that Moscow does not see the anticipation of a compromise on the deployment of abroad "peace forces" in Ukraine. As the Russian minister recalled, if the abroad quota is deployed in a neighbouring country, the Western countries will not want to agree to the conditions of peaceful regulation as the quota will make ‘facts in the field’.
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