LIZ TRUSS SAYS SHE WOULD SUPPORT BRITONS FIGHTING FOR UKRAINE

Sun 27 January 2022:

Liz Truss has stated that she will support British citizens who choose to travel to Ukraine to assist in the battle against the Russian invasion.

When asked if she would support anyone who wanted to volunteer to help the Ukrainians fighting for their freedom, Foreign Secretary said “absolutely” in an interview on BBC One’s Sunday Morning programme.

She told the programme: “That is something people can make their own decisions about. The people of Ukraine are fighting for freedom and democracy, not just for Ukraine but for the whole of Europe.

“Absolutely, if people want to support that struggle I would support them in doing that.”

Truss’s comment came as a surprise to many because, although support for Ukraine in the UK is high, there is uncertainty about the legality of going abroad to join a foreign war.

The Foreign Enlistment Act 1870 says that it is illegal to enlist in a foreign army at war with a country at peace with the UK. Britons volunteering in the Spanish civil war were threatened with prosecution under this act, but it was deemed unworkable and never used.

In 2014, the CPS warned that British citizens who traveled to Syria to fight in the civil war could face prosecution, even if they were fighting against dictator Bashar al-Assad.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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