Invading Ukraine can be a “army catastrophe” for Russia, Boris Johnson has warned Vladimir Putin.
Talking throughout a go to to Ukrainian capital Kyiv, the prime minister rejected recommendations he was exaggerating the menace from Russia, insisting that the massing of as many as 100,000 troops on the border represented a “clear and current hazard”.
However he warned the Russian president that Ukraine would put up “a really fierce and bloody resistance” and the UK would impose sanctions the minute troops’ toecaps cross the border.
Standing alongside Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, Mr Johnson mentioned that Moscow was placing a gun to Kyiv’s head in a bid to redraw the safety map of Europe in a means that might drive not solely Ukraine but in addition nations like Georgia and Moldova again into the Russian sphere of affect.
Mr Zelensky warned that any invasion would consequence not solely in conflict between Ukraine and Russia, however “a European conflict – a full-fledged conflict”.
Mr Johnson denied that he had been distracted from the tensions in Ukraine by his home troubles over lockdown-busting events at 10 Downing Road, regardless of having to cancel a scheduled telephone name with Mr Putin on Monday as he handled the fallout from the Sue Grey report.
He’s now as a consequence of converse with Mr Putin on Wednesday.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
