Former U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson said that President Vladimir Putin didn't seem serious about avoiding war in the days before Russia invaded Ukraine, and at one point told the British leader it would be easy to kill him with a missile.
Former U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson said that President Vladimir Putin didn't seem serious about avoiding war in the days before Russia invaded Ukraine -- and at one point told the British leader it would be easy to kill him with a missile.
Johnson says that Putin "threatened me at one point and said, 'Boris, I don't want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute,' or something like that." Percy said Monday that she did not think Putin was making a direct threat but "it was a reminder that he could do it, and should remember that when he is dealing with him."Asked about Johnson's comments, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that his account was untrue, "or, more precisely, it was a lie." Peskov said Johnson may have deliberately lied or failed to understand what Putin was telling him.
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