Johnson: Putin threatened me with a missile attack before the war in Ukraine

Johnson: Putin threatened me with a missile attack before the war in UkraineFormer British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a “missile strike” on the eve of the Russian-Ukrainian war in February 2022. The documentary, produced by the BBC, looked at Putin’s meetings with other leaders. The documentary included details of a telephone conversation between Johnson and Putin. He said he was threatened after he warned Putin that “the catastrophe it will be a disaster.”Noting that he had warned Putin that their invasion of Ukraine would lead to Western sanctions and that NATO would send additional troops to Russia’s borders, Johnson noted that Ukraine was trying to contain Putin’s military actions, saying that Ukraine would not join NATO “in the near future.” the future.” “.Noting that Putin had threatened him with a “missile attack,” Johnson said: “At one point, he threatened me and said, ‘Boris, I don’t want to hurt you, but with this missile it only takes a minute.’ “But by the lightness of his tone and the look of indifference, I felt that he was mocking my attempts to negotiate,” Johnson said. On January 22 in Kyiv, former British Prime Minister Johnson met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said that they would Ukraine in ending the ongoing war with Russia in 2023.