Transcript of UK considers sending troops to Ukraine to train soldiers. #Ukraine #Russia #BBCNews

You're not ruling out training Ukrainian troops inside Ukraine with British soldiers, British boots on the ground while a war's going on. You're not ruling that out.

So we've developed at each stage the training that we've done for Ukraine with Ukraine. We've also done it with ally nations that have rallied behind the leadership the UK has offered. We'll continue to do that throughout 2025.

And the simple question, could that involve British troops boots on the ground inside Ukraine training Ukrainians?

Well, the detail of our joint Ukrainian plan will have to remain, let's say, unavailable to president Putin. But the important thing is that we are stepping up both the UK leadership in in coordinating other nations. We're stepping up the UK support for Ukraine.