{"id":1423448,"date":"2022-04-07T09:44:50","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423448"},"modified":"2022-04-07T09:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:44:53","slug":"britain-to-send-armoured-vehicles-to-ukraine-train-soldiers-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/britain-to-send-armoured-vehicles-to-ukraine-train-soldiers-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain to Send Armoured Vehicles to Ukraine, Train Soldiers: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbritain-to-send-armoured-vehicles-to-ukraine-train-soldiers-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423448&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The top brass of the United Kingdom\u2019s military have reportedly drawn up plans to ship armoured vehicles to Ukraine to combat the Russian invasion, according to Britain\u2019s paper of record.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/zelensky-praises-britain-but-takes-swipe-at-macron-krdwj9jqb\">report<\/a> from <em>The Times of London<\/em> has claimed that British military chiefs believe that increasing the UK\u2019s arms shipments to Ukraine will be crucial for the war effort in Ukraine over the next three weeks.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The military is planning on shipping armoured vehicles, such as the Mastiff or the Jackal to Ukraine, in the hopes that they could enable Ukraine to push further towards the Russian lines.<\/p>\n<p>The British broadsheet said that under plans, the vehicles would have sensitive equipment removed from them in order to prevent Russia from gaining access to certain military technologies.<\/p>\n<p>It is also believed that British soldiers may accompany the shipments to a neighbouring country of Ukraine \u2014 probably Poland, given previous experience \u2014 where they would train Ukrainian forces on how to use the vehicles.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe next three weeks will be critical. [The Ukrainians] have already partly won. They have exhausted the Russian army, won the battle of occupation and condemned Putin to eternal isolation. Can they push back the Russian army? Can they break the Russian army? Possibly. Depends on what help we can all give,\u201d a senior government source told <em>The Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>To date, the UK has mainly focused on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/news\/pm-announces-major-new-military-support-package-for-ukraine-24-march-2022\">sending<\/a> Ukraine \u201cdefensive weapons\u201d such as anti-tank weapons, including Next-Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapons Systems (NLAWs) and Javelin missiles. The government has also supplied anti-air missiles to combat Russian military planes.<\/p>\n<p>In response to Britain\u2019s willingness to arm his country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/zelensky-praises-britain-but-takes-swipe-at-macron-krdwj9jqb\">said<\/a> that Prime Minister Boris Johnson is a \u201cleader who is helping more\u201d than others adding that \u201cBritain is definitely on our side\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Czech Republic has reportedly become the first NATO member state to send tanks to Ukraine in an apparent escalation between the West and Russia. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4bGItmY2Mt\">https:\/\/t.co\/4bGItmY2Mt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1511766154594897929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Should the British government send armoured vehicles \u2014 stepping away from that standard of sending defensive equipment \u2014 it could be seen as an escalation in the Western proxy war against Russia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>This week it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/06\/czechia-becomes-first-nato-country-to-ship-tanks-to-ukraine-reports\/\">reported<\/a> that the Czech Republic became the first NATO member state to ship tanks to Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion, allegedly sending modern BVP infantry fighting vehicles and Soviet-era T-72 tanks.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said after a meeting with NATO foreign ministers in Brussels that they need more weapons to continue the fighting.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy agenda is very simple. It has only three items on it. Its weapons, weapons, and weapons,\u201d Kuleba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nato.int\/cps\/en\/natohq\/opinions_194508.htm?selectedLocale=fr\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI call on all allies to put aside their hesitations, their reluctance, to provide Ukraine with everything it needs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Kuleba criticised Germany and other NATO states for limiting their arms shipments to \u201cdefensive weapons\u201d, a distinction that the West has tried to make in order to be able to claim that they are not in direct conflict with nuclear-armed Russia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis distinction between defensive and offensive doesn\u2019t make any sense when it comes to the situation in my country,\u201d Kuleba said. \u201cThose countries who are saying we will provide Ukraine with defensive weapons, but we are not in a position to provide them with offensive weapons \u2014 they are hypocritical, this is simply unfair, unjustified approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, despite making a show about enforcing sanctions on Russia, the European Union has admitted that it has sent some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/04\/07\/farage-eu-funding-putins-war-machine-as-bloc-admits-spending-e35bn-on-russian-gas-since-invasion\/\">\u20ac35 billion (\u00a329\/$38 billion)<\/a> in payments to Russia in exchange for natural gas since the invasion began.<\/p>\n<p>During the same time period, the bloc has sent one billion euros (\u00a30.83\/$1.09 billion) in arms to for Ukraine\u2019s use.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Farage: EU \u2018Funding Putin\u2019s War Machine\u2019, as Bloc Admits Spending \u20ac35bn on Russian Gas Since Invasion<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CQqKW2oyE7\">https:\/\/t.co\/CQqKW2oyE7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1512022381220581377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Kurt Zindulka on Twitter here <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KurtZindulka\">@KurtZindulka<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top brass of the United Kingdom\u2019s military have reportedly drawn up plans to ship armoured vehicles to Ukraine to combat the Russian invasion, according to Britain\u2019s paper of record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1423448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1423448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1423448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1423448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1423448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1423448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}