British Troops To Be Sacrificed In Ukraine?

 

They are going nuts over the war in Ukraine. Alexander Mercouris says there are rumours that the British will send troops to fight in Ukraine.  The British did say they are ready to send troops AFTER a ceasefire is declared. 

The UK Ministry of Defence announced in July 2026 that the force is ready to deploy once hostilities end, and that exercises are being conducted to prepare for that eventuality.

Playing safe, like the 14 British Challenger tanks. They stayed away from combat but got destroyed anyway. 

Did you know that the British Army has about 20,000–30,000 deployable troops. 

• 2 armoured/mechanised brigades,
• 1 reconnaissance/strike brigade,
• divisional artillery, engineers, air defence

This is less than ONE THIRD the 90,000 seating capacity of Wembley Stadium. And these folks want to fight the Russians who have a TWO million strong, combat proven Army, having fought for almost FIVE years in Ukraine.

Drone warfare has not helped Ukraine much - simply because you cannot destroy a country the size of Russia which covers 1/8 of the world's surface area and covers EIGHT time zones - by using drones that carry 75 kg of explosives. And only 1% of Ukrainian drones reach their targets. For every drone strike about 99 other drones get shot down. 

A string of Defense Ministers and Army Chiefs have also been fired. 

Defense Ministers fired:

• Sept 2023: Reznikov fired → Umerov hired
• July 2025: Umerov fired → Shmyhal hired
• January 2026: Shmyhal fired → Fedorov hired
• July 2026: Fedorov fired → Khmara acting

 Army Chiefs have also been fired

• Gen Zaluzhnyi fired: 8 February 2024
• → Replaced by Gen Syrskyi
• Syrskyi fired: 21 July 2026
• → Replaced by Brigadier Drapatyi

When Army Chiefs and Defense Ministers are fired in rapid succession it means they dont know what they are doing. 

The war in Ukraine is coming to some conclusion - in Russia's favour and on the battlefield. Kharkiv and Sumy will most likely fall before the year end. The ports of Odessa are completely cut off and there are no ship movements in and out of Odessa. Ukraine is now landlocked. They have no access to the Black Sea.

The Russians are really ramping up their operations in Ukraine. The Russian FAB bombs (gravity bombs with guidance kits attached) are creating havoc on the frontlines. Russia has dropped over 8,000 of these FAB bombs which caused massive destruction on the ground.

Ok here is the hilarious part. The jokes.

Zelenskiyy just concluded his failed 40 day operation to 'force Russia to its knees'. Well Odessa is cut off while Sumy and Kharkiv are about to fall. 

Here is  a joke - the EU now want to force a ceasefire on Russia. Upon their terms. Again the losing side wants to impose a ceasefire on the winning side. That is just not going to happen. The EU is now divided and split on the Ukraine war. About half of them want to make a separate peace with Russia.  

In the meantime TWO MILLION Ukrainians have died - as a result of this British war against Russia and Germany. The real target is Germany. 

Vladimir Putin and Russia will go down in history as master strategists in planning and executing this war to defeat multiple opponents. 

1. The Nazis in Ukraine have been defeated. (By the way the Nazi Azov Battalion has just been disbanded - so they say).

2. NATO has been completely humiliated. NATO weapons have proven to be of substandard quality. Russia completely dominates the skies over Ukraine and the famed Patriot air defense systems have been destroyed by Russian strikes.  

3. The EU has been defeated and they too are now split over Russia, the sanctions and the Ukraine war.

The Russian war strategy has been to destroy warmaking capacity first. Not to take territory.   In other words when Russian troops charge up a hill they do not wish to take the hill. They seek and destroy Ukraine troops and equipment and then withdraw.  This strategy has worked extremely well. NATO, EU and Ukraine's capacity to sustain this war in terms of manpower, weapons and equipment, money and funding have all been seriously curtailed. 

Plus the Russians have indeed captured huge parts of Ukraine - but at a slow and grinding pace. Mr Putin's ultimate target (apart from security guarantees over Ukraine) is the restoration of full and complete economic, trade and social ties with the West. All sanctions must be lifted, all frozen assets must be unfrozen, all air links re-established. Russia has full access to SWIFT (though they do not need it anymore), all arrest warrants issued by the foolish ICC must be abolished. Everything must return to normal. Then Russia will cede some of the vast territory it has captured. 

Ukraine former army chief General Zaluzhny who is now the Ukraine ambassador to the UK has been criticising president Zelenskiyy over the war. Zaluzhny says there is absolutely no need for Ukraine to join NATO - the No 1 sticking point with the Russians. Zaluzhny correctly says that NATO's shelf life has ended. Ten years from now NATO may not exist.

NATO has failed to protect Ukraine in this war. Ukraine has lost over TWO MILLION dead, its airforce has been destroyed and its army has been wiped out. Russia holds about a third (or more) of its territory. Vast areas of Ukraine have been destroyed. Parts of the capital city Kiev are a wasteland. NATO's weapons are simply no match for the Russian weapons. Zaluzhny says it will take 12 years for NATO to catch up with Russia. So why the hell should Ukraine join NATO - asks Zaluzhny. 

There will be a conclusion to all this soon.  Mr Putin has achieved his military objectives. Next he will achieve his political objectives.

The views expressed are those of the writer and do not necessarily reflect those of MMKtT.