Should the UK send troops to Ukraine?
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2024
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
On the Sky News Daily, host Tom Cheshire talks to her and Sky's military analyst Professor Michael Clarke about the interview with Mr Heappey, who stepped down from his role last month.
They assess the bleak situation in Ukraine and why the conflict is at a critical stage. They also discuss how prepared the UK would be if it faced a war in the near future.
Senior producer: Annie Joyce
Editor: Wendy Parker
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| 1:30.8 | Hello and welcome to The Daily. I'm Tom Cheshire. Now, if you've been following the latest on |
| 1:36.1 | the war in Ukraine, it's not been great news. In fact, it's been pretty bleak and depressing. |
| 1:41.2 | Our Defence and Security editor, Deborah Hay Haynes has been speaking to the recently resigned |
| 1:45.3 | armed forces minister James Heapy. And he has a suggestion. It's a controversial one to put Putin |
| 1:51.6 | on the back foot by putting British boots on the ground in Ukraine itself. That's subject to some |
| 1:57.7 | provisos. Here's what he said. I think definitely nowhere near a combat |
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