British military ready as minister vows to ‘protect our partners’ in face of Russian aggression over Belarus and Ukraine

BRITISH troops are on standby to protect countries in Eastern Europe against aggression from Russia, a minister said today.

Tory chairman Oliver Dowden insisted the UK is committed to defending our allies amid growing alarm over Vladimir Putin’s meddling.


British military ready as minister vows to ‘protect our partners’ in face of Russian aggression over Belarus and Ukraine
There are fears Vladimir Putin intends to invade Ukraine
British military ready as minister vows to ‘protect our partners’ in face of Russian aggression over Belarus and Ukraine
Tory chairman Oliver Dowden said the UK ‘stands ready’ to act

There is a crisis at the Belarus-Poland border, where Kremlin puppet Alexander Lukashenko is weaponising migration to pressure the EU.

British and US security services are meanwhile increasingly worried Russia is going to invade Ukraine.

A force of 600 SAS troops is on standby to be sent to Kiev’s aid if Moscow launches an attack on the country.

UK officials fear Putin has created the chaos in nearby Belarus to distract Europe’s attention away from his real target.

Western spooks believe there’s a “high probability” Russia will intervene, according to Ukraine’s deputy defence minister Hanna Maliar.

She told the Financial Times their intelligence was based on more than just the 100,000 Kremlin troops amassing at the border.


British military ready as minister vows to ‘protect our partners’ in face of Russian aggression over Belarus and Ukraine

Mr Dowden insisted the UK is ready to intervene to maintain peace on the continent.

He said: “British troops are in Eastern Europe. We have a large number of them in Estonia to offer our guarantee and protection as part of NATO.

“The UK invests more in defence than any other European country as a proportion of our GDP.

“We stand ready to protect our partners and to uphold peace and security in Europe.”

The top Tory said the situation at the Poland-Belarus border is a “very worrying situation”.

He added: “There’s a great deal of attention being paid to it by the Government and we keep the whole situation under review.

“Our contribution as the UK is to the the defence and stability of Europe – that has continued despite us leaving the EU.

“It’s more important than ever that we protect Europe, and we have got troops there to help do that.

“It’s very much at the top of the agenda for the PM and the Defence Secretary, and our military assets are available there.”


British military ready as minister vows to ‘protect our partners’ in face of Russian aggression over Belarus and Ukraine
Putin is pulling the strings of Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko
A satellite image showing the presence of a large ground forces deployment on the northern edge of the town of Yelnya in Smolensk Oblast, Russia
Russian forces are amassing near the Ukraine border

Tinpot Belarus dictator Lukashenko has been flying in asylum seekers from the Middle East and bussing them to the border with Poland.

Belarusian militants have then been helping them try to cross the heavily defended frontier into the EU.

The aim is to create a fresh migrant crisis which, like in 2015, will sew chaos and division within the bloc.

Britain has deployed a small team of military engineers to Poland to help the country combat the crisis.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Lukashenko is “using desperate migrants as pawns in his bid to create instability and cling on to power”.

She vowed: “The UK will not look away. We will stand with our allies in the region, who are on the frontier of freedom.”

Brussels’ foreign policy chief Josep Borrell denounced Minsk’s actions as a “hybrid attack” on the continent.

He said: “Europe is in danger and Europeans do not realise it. Today’s world is no longer governed by the desire for peace and benevolence.

“We still have power conflicts between carnivores where herbivores are unlikely to survive.”

Meanwhile the US has said it is “very concerned” about a huge build up of Russian forces on the Ukraine border.

Some 100,000 Kremlin troops have descended the area amid growing fears of an imminent invasion.

It follows the release of shocking video which appeared to show Russian tanks, armoured vehicles and soldiers massing near the city of Voronezh – just 180 miles from the Ukrainian border.

The vehicles, which include a battalion of T-80U main battle tanks, are understood to have been brought down from the Moscow area.

Other clips show tanks being carried by train close to the city, while further footage shows a line of military troop-carrying trucks steaming down a highway in Bryansk around 100 miles from the border.

But Russia rubbished the reports and insisted it means no harm.

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed Western media reports that Moscow has intentions to invade Ukraine as a “hollow and unfounded attempt to incite tensions”.

He added: “Russia doesn’t threaten anyone. The movement of troops on our territory shouldn’t be a cause for anyone’s concern.”




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