SAS commandoes and US particular forces are coaching for a high-risk rescue of hero Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, sources say.
Greater than 70 UK elite troopers are mentioned to have joined 150 US Navy Seals at a distant base in Lithuania to plot the daring evening mission.
They’re understood to be coaching with elite Ukrainian troopers.
Defiant President Zelenskyy has already turned down a US rescue provide — saying: “I want ammunition, not a experience”.
However the scenario has deteriorated and Russian Spetsnaz particular forces are mentioned to be focusing on the 44-year-old president.
A rescue mission may very well be launched if he requests it.
A senior UK supply mentioned: “The probably smart possibility may very well be to relocate Zelenskyy out of Kyiv the place he may very well be picked up.
“We’ve got plane however the distance is important.”
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An MoD spokesperson mentioned: “We don’t touch upon particular forces.”
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