Eight thousand British soldiers to Eastern Europe for exercise
The United Kingdom will participate in exercises in Eastern Europe with 8,000 troops in the coming months. That reports among other The Guardian† According to the newspaper, the UK has not deployed so many troops to an exercise since the Cold War.
The exercises take place with tens of thousands of soldiers from NATO and the Joint Expeditionary Force, an alliance that includes Finland and Sweden. According to the British Ministry of Defense, the exercise had been planned for some time, but the number of British soldiers has increased due to the war in Ukraine.
“The United Kingdom makes an important contribution to the defense of Europe and the deterrence of Russian aggression,” said British General Ralph Wooddisse. “The scale of deployment, coupled with the professionalism, training and agility of the British Army, will deter aggression on a scale not seen in Europe this century.”
Zelensky condemns attack on Kiev during Guterres . visit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded Thursday to the missile strike on Kiev during the visit of UN Secretary-General António Guterres. In that attack, a flat is said to have been partially destroyed, with at least 25 injured as a result. In his daily speech, Zelensky says the attack shows what Russia stands for.
According to Zelensky, the attack “says a lot about Russia’s true attitude to global institutions. About the attempts of the Russian leadership to humiliate the UN and everything the organization stands for.” The president also says that the attack requires “a strong response.”
Guterres and his team are said to be safe by now. They would have been shocked by the proximity of the Russian war violence. “It is a war zone, but it is shocking that it happened close to us,” a spokesman told AFP news agency.