By Britons urged not to travel to Ukraine to fight
The head of the armed forces has urged Britons not to travel to Ukraine to fight in the ongoing conflict against Russia.
Adm Sir Tony Radakin rejected Ukraine’s calls for a no-fly zone and has urged Britons to help from home rather than traveling to fight.
Speaking to the BBC he urged the West to have confidence that they were doing the “right thing”.
The invasion was not going well, Russia was becoming less powerful and it cannot continue, he said.
On Britons wanting to join the fight, Adm Radakin said that the “sound of gunfire” was not “something you want to rush to”, and urged people to support Ukraine in sensible ways from the UK.
When asked whether Foreign Secretary Liz Truss had been right to say she would support any Briton who wanted to fight, he said: “We can all understand that sentiment, and that sentiment needs to be channeled into support for Ukraine.”
Earlier today it was reported that four British soldiers had gone AWOL to fight with Ukraine against Russia in the ongoing conflict.
Among the four is reportedly a 19-year-old Coldstream Guardsman, who allegedly left a note with his intentions.
It has caused panic at the Ministry of Defence, with security chiefs urgently trying to intercept the teenager amid fears Vladimir Putin may try and claim Britain has entered the war if he is captured.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the west to implement a no-fly zone over Ukraine after they have faced heaving shelling over the past two weeks.
However, Adm Radakin insisted such an intervention would not help.
“The advice that we, as senior military professionals are giving our politicians, is to avoid doing things that are tactically ineffective and definitely to avoid doing things that tactically might lead to miscalculation or escalation.”
