Boris Johnson is to warn Vladimir Putin to “step again from the brink” over Ukraine in a cellphone name this afternoon, earlier than travelling to Kyiv on Tuesday for talks with president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Talking forward of this night’s name, the prime minister mentioned that Putin faces “bitter and bloody” resistance from the folks of Ukraine if Russia launches an invasion of its neighbour.
Mr Johnson mentioned a Russian invasion of Ukraine could be “an absolute catastrophe for the world”.
The prime minister shall be joined by overseas secretary Liz Truss on tomorrow’s one-day go to to Ukraine, which takes place with tensions sky-high over the Russian navy build-up on the opposite aspect of the border.
Chatting with reporters throughout a go to to Tilbury in Essex, Mr Johnson mentioned: “What I’ll say to President Putin, as I’ve mentioned earlier than, is that I feel we actually all have to step again from the brink.
“I feel that an invasion of Ukraine – any incursion into Ukraine past the territory that Russia has already taken in 2014 – could be an absolute catastrophe for the world, and above all it might be a catastrophe for Russia.”
Mr Johnson mentioned that any Russian invasion could be “bitterly and bloodily resisted” by the Ukrainian folks.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
