More British troops to be deployed to Ukraine in face of threat from Russia, MoD to announce

“Training would be deemed acceptable,” she told the Telegraph, “but anything more substantive and Russia would be forced to respond in some way.Troops on the ground are always the most aggressive scenario. Ukraine is an area of Russia’s strategic interest [but] training would not be too bad.However, it would be quite a serious escalation if British naval forces started amassing near [the Sea of] Azov. That would be seen as quite aggressive by Russia and it would have to respond to that.”