LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has compared talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to opposition with a crocodile, warning Ukraine that it will be difficult to secure a peace deal with a military leader. State he considers unreliable.
According to the British leader, Vladimir Putin has made it clear that he intends to take control of a larger part of Ukrainian territory and could launch a new offensive against the capital Kyiv.
“How can you negotiate with a crocodile that has your leg between its jaws? That’s the difficulty Ukrainians face,” Boris Johnson told reporters aboard a plane carrying him to India for a two-day visit. .
“It is very difficult to imagine how the Ukrainians can negotiate with Putin given his obvious lack of good faith,” he added. (Report Andrew MacAskill; French version Jean Terzian)