“Plan has already begun”
Johnson warns of ‘biggest war since 1945’
02/20/2022, 12:22 p.m
The West fears a Russian false flag attack on Ukraine. According to British Prime Minister Johnson, this project has “in a way already begun”. At the Munich Security Conference, he warns of the catastrophic consequences of an escalation.
According to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Russia is preparing for “perhaps the biggest war in Europe since 1945”. “All indications are that in a way the plan has already begun,” the Conservative leader said in an interview on the Ukraine conflict broadcast by the BBC.
According to intelligence information, a Russian invasion would “encircle” the Ukrainian capital Kiev not only from the east, but also from the north via Belarus, Johnson said, citing information from US President Joe Biden. “People need to understand the cost in terms of human lives that this could entail, not only for Ukrainians but also for Russians.”
At the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Johnson called for unity in the West and again threatened economic sanctions against Moscow. Britain and the US are making it impossible for Russian companies to “deal in pounds and dollars,” which will hit them hard, Johnson said.
Violence has been increasing in eastern Ukraine for days. The Ukrainian army on Saturday reported the deaths of two of its soldiers under fire from pro-Russian separatists. For their part, the separatists accused the Ukrainian army of violating the ceasefire in force in the region. On Saturday, the separatists ordered a “general mobilization” and at the same time called on women, children and the elderly to leave the country for Russia.
The West fears a so-called false flag attack by Russia on Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Saturday there were signs that “Russia is preparing to create a pretext for an attack on Ukraine”. The increasing ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine, the “false allegations” of “genocide” in Donbass and the evacuation of areas controlled by the pro-Russian separatists are “worrying signs”.