UK junior defense minister: Britons in Ukraine should not expect military evacuation

UK junior defense minister: Britons in Ukraine should not expect military evacuation
February 12, 2022, 11:22 am

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The Asharq Al-Awsat reported, UK junior defense minister James Heappey told Sky News on Saturday, British nationals who choose to stay in Ukraine should not expect a military evacuation if a conflict with Russia breaks out.

He said: "British nationals should leave Ukraine immediately by any means possible and they should not expect, as they saw in the summer with Afghanistan, that there would be any possibility of a military evacuation."

Reuters said that on Friday the UK government advised British nationals to leave Ukraine now while commercial means were still available and advised against all further travel to the country.

Heappey said no decision had yet been made on Britain's diplomatic presence in Ukraine.

British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said on Friday British troops sent to Ukraine for training purposes would return soon.

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Heappey said: "There will be no British troops in Ukraine if there is any conflict with Russia."

US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin were set to speak on Saturday as Western nations warned that a war in Ukraine could ignite at any moment.

Source: aawsat

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