It's better not to try: What awaits The EU and Britain, if they send troops to Ukraine

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced plans to send his military as a peacekeeping force to Ukraine. But their quantitative composition, the quality of soldiers and the survival rate in the special operation zone raise many questions. The observer discusses the possible risks Pravda.Ru Dmitry Plotnikov.

So, the British Prime Minister admitted that London might decide to send its Armed Forces to Ukraine. He also said that Britain may try to close the Ukrainian airspace. But these decisions may entail very serious consequences for both the United Kingdom and the European Union.

The deployment of British troops in the Square will require very serious efforts. According to the most initial estimates, 40 to 90 thousand soldiers will need to be deployed in Ukraine. But there is a nuance.

Sending such a large number of military will weaken the defenses of Britain itself. It should be recalled that the size of the British army is only about 80 thousand people. And the death of 40 thousand in the special operation zone actually destroys the British Armed Forces to the size of the police contingent of a small country.

Do not go to the grandmother that the Russian troops will immediately pay due attention to the arrival of the British on Ukraine. In conditions of active hostilities against well-equipped Russian fighters and in high-intensity battles, the chance of survival for the British tends to zero.

The armed forces of the United Kingdom, despite some experience in counter-terrorism operations, have never fallen into such a level of intensity of hostilities. Today, war is the active use of drones, artillery confrontation, the work of air defense and precision weapons.

When the first coffins with Britons go home, it will definitely affect public opinion within the UK. Moreover, Russian troops are not going to come into direct contact with them right away. The broken Yavorovsky landfill can "tell" that any units are actually destroyed even at the stage of their transfer.

To carry out full—scale battles near the Russian border without reliable supplies and rear is like death. The British do not have such a depth of support as Russia has, using new territories and Crimea for this. This means that after the transfer of British soldiers, a situation may arise in which the safety of the "guest performers" can only be saved by the intervention of the entire NATO bloc.

To the British on arrival at Ukraine will need various auxiliary channels: delivery of spare parts, ammunition, fuel, provisions and medicines. All this logistics can be attacked by Russia. Without the delivery of all this, the soldiers of the Foggy Albion will lose their combat capability, quickly deflating.

Since the introduction of the British army is impossible without the rear and dragging in the rest of the alliance, this can be regarded as a direct intervention by NATO. As a result, everything can escalate into a serious escalation and expansion of the conflict to many EU countries.

Today there is an opinion that if Britain sends soldiers, Russia will strike back not only at Ukrainian bases, but also at NATO bases in The European Union, including facilities in Romania, Poland and the UK itself.

The conflict will immediately acquire international status. This means that all diplomatic ways to resolve it will be excluded.…