SAS & US Navy SEALs ‘training for high-risk rescue of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’
SAS commandoes and US special forces are training for a high-risk rescue of hero Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, sources say.
More than 70 UK elite soldiers are said to have joined 150 US Navy SEALs at a remote base in Lithuania to plot the daring night mission.
They are understood to be training with elite Ukrainian soldiers.
Defiant President Zelenskyy has already turned down a US rescue offer — saying: “I need ammunition, not a ride”.
But the situation has deteriorated and Russian Spetsnaz special forces are said to be targeting the 44-year-old president.
A rescue mission could be launched if he requests it.
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A senior UK source said: “The most likely sensible option could be to relocate Zelenskyy out of Kyiv where he could be picked up.
"We have aircraft but the distance is critical.”
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An MoD spokesperson said: “We do not comment on special forces.”
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