Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) on Wednesday said that service personnel have been banned from travelling to Ukraine.
This is amid reports that British soldiers have gone absent without leave to fight against Russia.
A statement issued by the ministry followed reports that a 19-year-old Coldstream Guardsman was among as many as four missing British soldiers feared to have travelled to Ukraine following the Russian invasion.
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: “All service personnel are prohibited from travelling to Ukraine until further notice.
“This applies whether the service person is on leave or not. Personnel travelling to Ukraine will face disciplinary and administrative consequences.’’
According to the ministry, it will not comment on specific cases.
According to The Sun, a teenage Coldstream Guardsman, who was based in Windsor Barracks, wrote a goodbye letter to his parents and bought a ticket to Poland over the weekend with the aim of crossing into Ukraine.
All travel to Ukraine is banned under official UK military advice.
However, it states that going to Ukraine to fight or to assist others engaged in the conflict, may be against the law and could lead to prosecution.
