US special forces, UK SAS commandos preparing for 'high-risk rescue of Ukraine president’

US special forces and UK's SAS commandoes are getting rey for a high-risk rescue of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as war in Ukraine intensifies and Russian Spetsnaz special forces are reported to be targetting Zelensky. To carry out mission, troops from UK, US, and Ukraine have assembled in a remote base in Lithuania to lay groundwork for rescue operation.  Zelensky, thus far, has survived at least three assassination attempts in a week after plots were foiled by double agents, Mirror reported.

Ukraine's leer h also turned down rescue offers by American government, saying, "I need ammunition, not a ride," in response to forces trying to rescue him out of country.  At least 70 UK elite soldiers and 150 US Navy Seals are training for a rescue mission alongside Ukrainian forces. Zelensky has recently spoken to US President, Joe Biden, and two counterparts discussed security, financial support, and continuation of sanctions against Russia. 

"As part of constant dialogue, I h anor conversation with President,” he wrote on Twitter.

UK PM Boris Johnson, meanwhile, is set to detail a six-point plan on Sunday that he will look forward to global counterparts to approve. Johnson told reporters in UK that “it is not future historians but people of Ukraine who will be our judge over how world reacts to Mr Putin's hideous, barbarous assault”. 

'Putin must fail': UK PM

Johnson, a staunch supporter of Ukraine continued, "Putin must fail and must be seen to fail in this act of aggression. It is not enough to express our support for rules-based international order – we must defend it against a sustained attempt to rewrite rules by military force.”

UK’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace separately warned Kremlin not to underestimate UK and West. In a statement to Sunday Telegraph, Wallace said allies “must not be afraid of Putin” and ded that Russian leer has been “acting irrationally and inflicting horrors on Ukraine,” and that he must not try to 'test' UK.

“ thing to say to Putin is don't underestimate us, don't test us," he told newspaper. “History is littered with authoritarian leers underestimating wider West and United Kingdom. He clearly underestimated international community,” Wallace warned. “If we stick toger and refuse to be intimidated n I believe he [Putin] will fail."