Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to attack him with a missile strike after he visited Ukraine prior to the start of the war last year.
Johnson made the remark while speaking to the BBC about a “very long” and “most extraordinary” call he received from Putin following a visit to Kyiv on Feb. 1, 2022, just 19 days before the war began, according to Reuters.
“He said: ‘Boris, you say that Ukraine is not going to join NATO any time soon.’ He said it in English — ‘any time soon. What is any time soon?’” Johnson told the BBC.
“And I said: ‘It’s not going to join NATO for the foreseeable future. You know that perfectly well,’” he continued.
BORIS JOHNSON MAKES SURPRISE VISIT TO UKRAINE TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY
Then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the presidential palace in Kyiv on Feb. 1, 2022.
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