LONDON, March 7. /TASS/. The United Kingdom is involved in the conflict in Ukraine, perhaps more than any other NATO member state, Russian Ambassador to the UK Andrey Kelin told TASS.

"There are UK servicemen in Ukraine. The presence of special forces there, instructors who, for example, train Ukrainian military medics, has been officially confirmed. We know that these instructors also train special forces and a number of other units. It is also very clear that the launching of long-range Storm Shadow missiles necessarily requires the participation of specialists, and only the British can play this role, because this is a very sophisticated technology, and it is impossible to imagine that the Ukrainian military can operate it. Or they will have to undergo very long special training, which is unrealistic," the ambassador said.

"Therefore, we can clearly say that the UK is deeply involved in the Ukrainian conflict, perhaps even more than the rest of the NATO member states," Kelin pointed out.

Speaking about the prospect of a mass deployment of UK troops in Ukraine, the Russian diplomat said that he did not see the possibility of such a scenario. "As for large-scale deployment, officials here have repeatedly confirmed that there are no such plans. In general, such plans, which may be floating in the air or invented by journalists - that London intends to deploy a division or corps in Ukraine - will not receive the consensus approval of NATO as a whole," Kelin said.