Ukraine: Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike

[nightwing1240]

Boris Johnson has said Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike in an "extraordinary" phone call in the run-up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The then-prime minister said Mr Putin told him it "would only take a minute".

Mr Johnson said the comment was made after he warned the war would be an "utter catastrophe".

The claim is made in a BBC documentary on Mr Putin's interactions with world leaders over the years. The Kremlin spokesman said it was a "lie".

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But Mr Johnson said: "He threatened me at one point, and he said, 'Boris, I don't want to hurt you but, with a missile, it would only take a minute' or something like that. Jolly.

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No reference to the exchange appeared in accounts released to the media of the call given by both Downing Street and the Kremlin.

Link - https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-64397745
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Kind of sounds like what Putin would do but Johnson can be a bit suspect at times.

[Walleye]

1. If Putin denies it, then it's true

[Alexander Of Assyria]

4. Boris, looking for attention as he's lost it in more ways than one. Remember, he's a a Brit tRump.

[Backseat Driver]

2. No doubt one of his "bad hair" days and the other's "bad humor" days.

Primping in the mirror can make one say the darnest things...Shall we play truth or dare?

[unblock]

3. I'm going with bojo lies on this one

Yes, it's a message putin would send, but not in that way on an official call.

He would have someone else deliver that message or he would say it in an off-the-record conversation.

So maybe they're both telling the truth and both lying a bit.