British Paratrooper Operations on the Ground in Ukraine Confirmed
North America, Western Europe and Oceania , Ground
The deployment of British paratroopers in Ukraine to support the ongoing war effort against Russia has been confirmed for the first time by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence, after Lance Corporal George Hooley of the Parachute Regiment was killed in action on December 9. The Ministry observed that the 28-year-old was killed in a “tragic accident” while observing Ukrainian forces test new armaments, making him the first British military serviceman confirmed to have been killed in the conflict. Although the British Armed Forces have deployed ground forces for wartime operations in Ukraine for close to four years, little information has been provided by officials sources regarding the extent of their presence or the nature of their activities. The United Kingdom is one of over a dozen NATO members reported to have deployed forces to support the ongoing war effort, with the United States, France and Poland having otherwise made the most significant contributions.
In December 2022 British Deputy Chief of Defence Staff Royal Marines Lieutenant General Robert Magowan revealed that the Marines had been carrying out high risk operations alongside Ukrainian government forces from April that year. 300 personnel from the Royal Marines 45 Commando Group, a battalion formed during the Second World War, were revealed to be conducting “discreet operations,” with Magowan stressing that these were carried out “in a hugely sensitive environment and with a high level of political and military risk.” British forces have played key roles in operating complex hardware, include the directing of cruise missile strikes, while Russian sources have claimed that Special Air Service advisors provided support for Ukrainian offensives on the frontlines.
In November 2025, at a time when the United Kingdom and countries across Europe were considering escalating their military involvement in the Russian-Ukrainian War, Royal Marine special forces from the 42 and 47 Commando groups were deployed as part of a Special Operations Maritime Task Group to simulate covert boarding operations against enemy ships, coastal aids, and the seizure of oil rigs. Exercises took place in the Eastern Baltic Sea, close to the Ukrainian theatre, and saw Marines rehearse rapid interdiction and coastal raiding in coordination with the British Army’s 3rd Ranger Battalion on Estonia’s Saaremaa Island. The exercises were speculated to be intended to target Russian shipping and its oil infrastructure. The exercises took place at a time when Western countries have increasingly launched operations to appropriate civilian cargo from adversary state, with a notable example being the targeting of Iranian oil tankers, and the U.S. Armed Forces’ commandeering of a Venezuelan oil tanker in international waters on December 10.
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ReplyDeleteBritain has no combat operations in Ukraine.
They ARE actively involved in training Ukrainian forces in weapons and systems that Britain is supplying.
North Koreans and Chinese have been killed and captured directly at War against Ukraine. What say you ?