“All service personnel have been banned from traveling to Ukraine until further notice. This applies to any service personnel, whether on vacation or not. Employees traveling to Ukraine may face disciplinary and administrative consequences“Everywhere you look today, the tide of protectionist sentiment is flowing.
According to The Sun, a 19-year-old member of the Goldstream Guards, the British Army’s elite infantry stationed at Windsor Barracks wrote a farewell letter to his parents and bought a ticket to Poland over the weekend. Enters Ukraine.
The young man in a regular British regiment uniform was one of four missing soldiers who were feared to have traveled to Ukraine. British officials said they feared more people might have gone to fight in Ukraine, which has not yet been reported missing, including security forces and soldiers on leave.
In the early hours of February 24, Russia launched a military offensive in Ukraine that killed at least 406 people and wounded more than 800 civilians, leading more than two million people to flee to neighboring countries, according to the latest data. UN
The Russian invasion was condemned by the international community, which responded by sending arms to Ukraine and strengthening sanctions on Moscow.
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