It was learned that Boris Johnson tried to convince Putin not to invade Ukraine. However, the Russian leader was haunted by the fear that if this was not done, NATO might launch missiles towards Moscow.
The Times reports this in reference to Johnson’s upcoming memoir, Unleashed.
In this memoir about important events and political figures, Johnson notes that he tried to convince Putin that no Western country was going to provide Ukraine with NATO missiles. However, the Kremlin dictator did not believe it and was unwavering. He feared that missiles fired from Ukraine could quickly reach Moscow.
“At one point he made a luridly humorous comment about the risk of a miscalculation: an involuntary exchange of nuclear weapons between Russia and NATO: ‘I wouldn’t want to hurt you, Boris,’ he said (a comment later denied by the Kremlin. Never believe anything Moscow says until it is officially refuted),” the memoirs say.
Recall that Kursor wrote that, according to new research published by The New York Times, Donald Trump consulted with Vladimir Putin on the Ukraine issue at the beginning of his presidency, and the influence of the Russian leader had a significant impact on his views.
