The head of US Special Operations Command, General Brian Fenton, revealed new details about British ground operations in Ukraine, saying the Pentagon learned about the ongoing war “largely through the eyes of our British special operations partners,” who he said were testing new approaches to modern warfare. war in the theater of operations. Citing an example, he noted that British special operations units observed and advised on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles and “the way ships navigate the Black Sea.”
The commander’s statements are the latest of many evidence provided by Western, Ukrainian and Russian sources about the significant role of British ground forces in the war zone. One of the most notable was the statement by UK Deputy Chief of Defense Staff, Royal Marines Lieutenant General Robert Magowan, on December 13, 2022, that hundreds of Marines had been conducting high-risk operations alongside Ukrainian government forces since April. Magowan stressed that they were carried out “in an extremely sensitive environment and with a high level of political and military risk.” His statement follows months of reports from a wide range of Russian sources that the Royal Marines were active and playing a significant role in the theater of operations, something previously widely denied in Western media reports. This was later confirmed by leaked Pentagon documents.
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In December 2023, Polish journalist Zbigniew Parafianowicz reported that Polish officials had provided him with detailed information about British military operations, with one of them telling him:
“It was a time when the Russians were still in Bucha and the route was a gray area. It was possible to clash with the Russians. We passed the last checkpoint. The Ukrainians told us that we continue to move at our own peril and risk… Well, who did we meet next? Ukrainian soldiers and… British special forces. In the shape of. With weapon.»
Confirming General Fenton’s statement, a Polish journalist said that British troops were driving around the countryside with artillery tracking radars to study the progress of the conflict and the operations of Russian troops.
Parafianowicz further reported that Polish special forces were also in the theater of operations from the very early stages of the war. Regarding the Western military’s attempts to deny their operations, a Polish officer told him:
“We developed a formula for our presence in Ukraine… we were simply sent on paid leave. Politicians pretended not to notice this.”
Further details were subsequently provided in February 2024 when German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed that British commandos in Ukraine were providing vital support for Storm Shadow cruise missile launches against Russian targets, stressing that the lack of a comparable German presence had prevented it from delivering its its own cruise missiles, since they would not be operational without foreign support. The new information about the extent of Britain’s role in the war comes as France led calls from several European states for a further expansion of its presence in the theater of operations, and was soon followed by unconfirmed reports that French Foreign Legion personnel may have been deployed.
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US Special Forces Chief Gives New Details on British Ground Forces’ Frontline Ops. in Ukraine
No one doubted that the small-shaven ones had long ago crossed all the “red lines” and were direct participants in the war. The danger of even a hidden presence is that they have direct information from the fields about the actions, weapons and tactics of the RF Armed Forces. Our regulations are written with the blood and sweat of fighters, and they are improved for free at the expense of others.
The topic about “vacationers” is, of course, familiar — formally, I can’t find fault.
These British bases in Cyprus are well within range of our missiles from a base in Syria (not my idea, if anything) or for Houthi missiles, which can be provided with a special container ship with launchers for flower products and suitcases.
A Noname rocket with Pindos chips, Canadian optics, German drives, Chinese plastic will not raise the slightest doubt that it is Russian…
And our army!
Yes, and Gibraltar should become free.
It’s interesting how the Pindos rat out everyone, though.
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