Before the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian dictator threatened Johnson with a missile attack on the UK.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Russian President Vladimir Putin said he could send a missile to hit Britain “within a minute”. Johnson spoke about it in a documentary Putin versus the West for BBC Two.
It is noted that Putin made such a statement during a conversation before the invasion of Ukraine.
“At some point, he apparently threatened me and said: ‘Boris, I don’t want to hurt you, but with a rocket it will only take a minute’ or something like that,” Johnson said, adding that Putin was ” very familiar” during a call.
In addition, Johnson recalled how he offered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky help to move to a safe place when the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine.
“He did not accept my offer. He heroically stayed where he was,” he recalled.
Also in the film, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace recounts his visit to Moscow in February in an unsuccessful attempt to negotiate and end the war. He met his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu, as well as Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov.
Earlier, Johnson told how the EU reacted to the prospect of a war in Ukraine: the German government initially preferred a quick military defeat of Ukraine to a long confrontation, and France did not believe that the invasion will take place.
Recall that months before the start of a massive invasion, Johnson threatened the Russian Federation with catastrophic sanctions.
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