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John Healey says he wants to be 'Defence Secretary who deploys British troops to Ukraine'

The Mirror 22 Feb 2026
Senior Cabinet minister John Healey also said 2026 'must be the year this terrible war ends' - despite Putin's Russia launching overnight strikes overnight on Kyiv ... .
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Boris Johnson says UK must put British troops on the ground in Ukraine now to ...

The Daily Mail 21 Feb 2026
The former Prime Minister said there is no reason why we cannot deploy non-combat troops now to support Ukraine if we planned to do it anyway as eventual peacekeepers ....
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Healey: I want to send British troops to Ukraine

AOL 21 Feb 2026
John Healey has said he hopes to be the first Defence Secretary to deploy British troops to Ukraine in a move that would signal the end of the conflict.
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British troops were wiped out by Ukrainian drones in exercises. Defence spending must rise

The Daily Telegraph 17 Feb 2026
In that simulation, a British brigade was effectively destroyed by Ukrainian drone operators ... If a British brigade goes into action against a Russian formation on Nato’s eastern flank, we must ensure it does not suffer the same fate.
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Inside the fake village where British troops are training to fight Putin's soldiers in Ukrainian-style combat

The Daily Mail 09 Feb 2026
British Army troops are practising for the challenges posed by fighting in urban environments at Copehill Down, a unique Ministry of Defence facility on Salisbury Plain ....
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British troops tackle freezing temperatures and ‘chest-high’ snow near Russian border

AOL 04 Feb 2026
“The troops have handled it really well, they’ve taken it all in their stride, they’ve adapted to everything we’ve asked from them, and, you know, they’ve put in an incredible effort, they’ve ...
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PM's role in witch-hunt against British troops as Keir Starmer and Lord Hermer 'helped pave ...

The Daily Mail 28 Jan 2026
Keir Starmer was involved in a landmark legal case that opened the door to hundreds of British soldiers being pursued for alleged war crimes, it emerged last night ....
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Starmer: Use the ECHR to investigate British troops

AOL 28 Jan 2026
Sir Keir Starmer called for European human rights laws to be used to investigate British troops in Iraq in a book edited by Phil Shiner, the disgraced lawyer.
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Starmer: Use the ECHR to prosecute British troops

The Daily Telegraph 28 Jan 2026
Sir Keir Starmer called for European human rights laws to be used to investigate British troops in Iraq in a book edited by Phil Shiner, the disgraced lawyer ... He claimed it had given British troops an effective immunity when operating in Iraq.
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These are the 457 British troops who died in Afghanistan

The Independent 26 Jan 2026
For more than a decade, British soldiers served and fought alongside Nato allies, facing daily danger during the conflict — facts that cannot be rewritten or erased ... .
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These are the 457 British troops who died in Afghanistan — Trump’s claims cannot rewrite ...

AOL 26 Jan 2026
For more than a decade, British soldiers served and fought alongside Nato allies, facing daily danger during the conflict — facts that cannot be rewritten or erased ... .
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