Il Regno Unito spenderà 200 milioni di sterline per preparare le forze da schierare in Ucraina

Deployment to do nothing

So not even a year of salaries for 7500 troops

British Army doesnt have proper artillery, air defence, tanks, and infantry fighting vehicles. So, thats only a pointless drama.

This low spending and the fact we are waiting until Putin agrees, means we are not a credible deterrent force.

We can and absolute should send support troops now already, to help in Kiev and other non-frontline places. That shows commitment and willingness to actually fight.

If you send troops after a peace deal and then Russia wants to invade again. How much would they factor in the troops of the UK and France into their decision process? Because Russia’s prior experience is that the UK and France are unwilling to actually fight in Ukraine, so why would they now drag their countries into war?

# The UK has accelerated £200 million in defence funding to prepare its armed forces for potential deployment to Ukraine as part of a Multinational Force, according to the government.

The funding, announced by Defence Secretary John Healey during a visit to Ukraine, is intended to equip UK forces for possible participation in the Multinational Force for Ukraine following a declaration of intent signed this week by the UK, France and Ukraine. That declaration confirmed that British and French troops would deploy in the event of a peace agreement.

According to the Ministry of Defence, the £200 million allocation will be spent during the current year on preparing forces for deployment, including upgrades to vehicles and communications systems, new counter-drone protection and additional force protection equipment. The department said the spending is being drawn from the core defence budget.

Healey said the move was intended to ensure the UK is ready to lead the multinational force if required. “As we approach the fifth year of Putin’s full-scale invasion, the Ukrainians continue to fight with huge courage – civilians and military alike,” he said. “We are surging investment into our preparations, ensuring that Britain’s Armed Forces are ready to deploy, and lead, the Multinational Force Ukraine, because a secure Ukraine means a secure UK.”

The Defence Secretary also said the UK would continue to support Ukraine’s current fight while preparing for a possible post-conflict security role. “As we look towards a potential peace deal, we continue to step up for Ukraine in the fight today – strengthening its air defences while backing British industry, jobs and innovation at home,” he added.

During meetings in Kyiv with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Defence Minister Denys Shmyhal, Healey discussed military planning for the Multinational Force, alongside the most senior UK general assigned to the force’s headquarters, which the government says is already operational in Paris.

Healey also confirmed that production of British-built Octopus interceptor drones would begin this month. According to the Ministry of Defence, the system is designed to counter Shahed-style drones and has been developed by Ukrainian engineers and refined by British industry. The government says the interceptors are low-cost, designed for mass manufacture and updated frequently using frontline battlefield data.

The MOD stated that the UK aims to produce thousands of Octopus drones per month, with each interceptor costing less than ten percent of the drone it is intended to destroy. The programme forms part of a wider £600 million UK investment in air defence for Ukraine this year, within a total £4.5 billion package of military support.

According to the government, the initiative also supports domestic defence manufacturing and high-skilled jobs, with live battlefield data feeding directly into UK production lines under the UK–Ukraine 100-Year Partnership.

Should be £200b. I’ve always said, I’d be happy for taxes to be raised and for services to be cut if it’s going to be put into our military. Because doing anything otherwise at this point would be like complaining about the price of water whilst your house is on fire. As soon as the US takes Greenland and ends NATO, the Russians are coming, and we, Europe, need to be ready for it.