British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, one of the final two candidates to take over as prime minister after the departure of Boris Johnson, says she does not support sending British soldiers to Ukraine to help fight against Russia.
Speaking to the BBC in an interview on July 21, Truss ruled out the "direct involvement" of her country's troops if she were to become prime minister.
"We are doing all we can to support Ukraine. We've led the international coalition on sending weapons, we're putting the sanctions in place, but I do not support the direct involvement of U.K. troops," she said.
Truss's comments are in line with the United States, NATO, and most other Western European nations, who have supported Kyiv in its fight by sending weapons and aid while ruling out putting soldiers on Ukrainian soil.
Moscow has said any involvement of Western forces directly in Ukraine would be considered a declaration of war against Russia.
