Boris Johnson: “Russian invasion of Ukraine would be a political and military disaster for the world”

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnsonwarned today that the Russian invasion of Ukraine it would be a “political, humanitarian and military disaster for Russia and the world.”

“More than 100,000 Russian troops are concentrated on the border. It is perhaps the greatest demonstration of hostility towards Ukraine during our lives“, He said Johnson during a joint press conference with the president of UkraineVolodymyr Zelensky.

Johnson recalled that there is also the threat of “potential deployment” of the 30,000 troops that Moscow used in 2014 to invade the peninsula of crimea.

“Ukraine has been mired in almost a decade of conflict”underlined and lamented the more than 14,000 deaths in the conflict that broke out in 2014 in the donbas.

The British leader assured that his country and the rest “will be judged by the Ukrainians and the rest of the world” for their response to the Russian threat.

In this regard, he recalled that since 2015 London has trained more than twenty thousand Ukrainian soldiers and supplied 2.2 million pounds “in non-lethal military equipment.”

“Two weeks ago we sent anti-tank weapons to strengthen Ukrainian defenses”He said.

In addition, he stressed that the United Kingdom and other countries are preparing “a package of sanctions and other measures that will be implemented as soon as the first Russian boot enters Ukrainian territory.”

And he denied that these measures are a “demonstration of hostility towards Russia”, but a demonstration of support “for freedom, democracy and Ukrainian sovereignty in the face of the Russian threat”.

Johnson, who called to avoid a “bloodbath” in Ukraine before traveling to Kiev, intends to speak by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on his return to London.

For his part, Zelensky claimed to have discussed various measures with the British prime minister to contain Russia.

“My opinion is known. The word containment demonstrates its logic. Any measures are effective before and not after. Better safe than sorry,” she noted.

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