British Prime Minister Boris Johnson accused Russia of preparing “the biggest war in Europe since 1945” with a full invasion of Ukraine.
In an interview with the BBC this Sunday, Johnson pointed out that the intelligence reports available to his country point not to a progressive invasion from the eastern region of Donbas -under Russian control-, but to the massive entry of Russian troops from the north of the country and from Belarus, with the aim of “encircling Kiev”.
“The plans we see are for something that might be the biggest war in Europe since 1945 in terms of its scale,” he said.
Johnson appealed to “understand the cost in human lives” that such a military action would entail, “not only for Ukrainians, but for young Russians.”
In addition, he added that all the indications point to the Russian president’s plan “has already begun in some way.”
The United Kingdom and the United States plan to prevent Russian companies from “trading in pounds and dollars”, a sanction that in his opinion would “hit Russia very hard”, Johnson explained in the interview, held in Munich (Germany), on the sidelines of a security conference.
The British Prime Minister believes that there is evidence that the invasion of Ukraine may be imminentand that fact cannot be hidden.
Johnson met yesterday in Munich with the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenski, to whom “he stressed the unequivocal support of the United Kingdom for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine”, according to a spokesman for the head of government.
