Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike during a phone call over an invasion of Ukraine, an allegation denied by Moscow.
Johnson, speaking to the BBC for a documentary, said that the Russian leader had asked him about the prospects of Ukraine joining NATO, to which he replied that it would not happen “for the foreseeable future”.
“He threatened me at one point, and he said, ‘Boris, I don’t want to hurt you, but with the missile, it’ll only take a minute’ or something like that. Jolly,” Johnson said in February 2022. very long” and “most extraordinary” call, after which the then Prime Minister visited Kyiv.