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Lithuanian minister: Western military training personnel could go to Ukraine



Gabrielius Landsbergis also backs David Cameron and Emmanuel Macron on standing up to Putin Lithuania’s foreign minister has raised the prospect of an ad hoc coalition of western countries sending military training personnel into Ukraine backed by ground-based air defence, days after Russia took an increasingly strident tone against what it sees as the threat of deeper western involvement in the war.Speaking to the Guardian after meeting his British counterpart, David Cameron, in London, Gabrielius Landsbergis also backed the British foreign secretary for saying that Ukraine could use British-made weapons against Russia; remarks that alongside Emmanuel Macron refusing to rule out western troops in Ukraine prompted the Kremlin to threaten UK assets and order a tactical nuclear training exercise. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/09/lithuanian-minister-western-military-training-personnel-could-go-to-ukraine

Author : Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Publish date : 2024-05-09 08:00:41

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