By OGN Staff
In a change of rhetoric to how the UK’s Foreign Office viewed British Muslims in wars overseas, the foreign secretary of the UK said she absolutely supports UK citizens who want to volunteer in defence of Ukraine.
Truss said, “Absolutely if people want to support that struggle, I would support them doing that.”
“The people of Ukraine are fighting for freedom and democracy – not just for Ukraine, but for the whole of Europe because that is what president Putin is challenging.”
The UK foreign office’s stance on British citizens going to fight in Ukraine shows a stark difference to the stance on UK citizens who joined the war in Syria in 2011, despite whether they were fighting with rebels against the regime or engaging in humanitarian aid work.
