Johnson: Putin Threatened To Kill Me With Missile

January 30, 2023 Britain, Russia

Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims in a new BBC documentary that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile during an “extraordinary” phone call before the Ukraine invasion.

“He threatened me at one point, and he said, ‘Boris, I don’t want to hurt you but, with a missile, it would only take a minute’ or something like that. Jolly,” Johnson told the documentary, “Putin vs. the West,” airing in the U.K. on Monday.

“But I think from the very relaxed tone that he was taking, the sort of air of detachment that he seemed to have, he was just playing along with my attempts to get him to negotiate,” Johnson said.

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Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims in a new BBC documentary that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile during an “extraordinary” phone call before the Ukraine invasion.https://t.co/bSZkobX85T

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🔺 Update: The Kremlin has denied that President Putin told Boris Johnson that he could easily kill him with a missile during a phone call before Russia invaded Ukraine https://t.co/hXHPTFA8dP

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