SAS vets are joining Ukraine's fight against Russia and have put their hands up for missions deep inside the country. The crack team of retired special forces soldiers include highly-trained snipers and experts in the use of anti-aircraft and anti-tank missiles, reports the Mirror.
The ex-Paratroopers, aged between 40 and 60, have had meetings to discuss signing up for battle and may join the special forces teams in Ukraine, along with other UK military specialists. The operation is not being paid for by the British government but will be funded by a country in Europe, still to be named, via a private military company.
The plan is a way of backing Ukraine militarily but without officially sending serving troops into battle against Vladimir Putin’s forces. More than a dozen of the veterans have already arrived in Ukraine and another dozen will travel there this week.
