Ex-UK chief of general staff says there are not enough soldiers to be sent to Ukraine

There are not enough soldiers in the UK army for their dispatch to Ukraine to have any significant effect. This was stated by David Richards, former head of the General Staff of the UK Armed Forces, in a conversation with the Sky News TV channel on February 18.

"The total strength of the [British] army is about 72,000, but the number of troops ready to deploy is between 45,000 and 50,000 from the force. <...> And the army is simply not big enough to have any great effect," he said.

Richards also emphasized that the possible sending of a military contingent to Ukraine would require the deployment of a large number of soldiers there on a permanent basis.

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