Boris Johnson does not rule out passing additional measures in the event of an invasion.
The United Kingdom will announce on Tuesday “a first series” of economic sanctions which will “hit Russia very hard” after the recognition of the independence of separatist regions in Ukraine and others will follow “in the event of an invasion”, a said Boris Johnson.
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After a crisis meeting in Downing Street, the British Prime Minister indicated that sanctions would be presented to Parliament during the day, targeting not only specific entities but also “the strongest possible Russian interests”. “They will hit Russia very hard and we will do much more if there is an invasion,” he added.
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A feared “large-scale invasion”
“I would like to stress that this is only the first round of British economic sanctions against Russia because I fear that more irrational behavior is to be expected from Russia,” he said. he declared. He said Russian President Vladimir Putin is “determined to lead a full-scale invasion of Ukraine” after recognizing the independence of the two pro-Russian separatist regions of Donetsk and Lugansk on Monday evening.
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He assured that in the event of a “full-scale invasion” and an assault on the capital Kiev, “which (Vladimir Putin) seems to be proposing”, “no one should have any doubts that he is absolutely vital that this action, the conquest of another European country, does not succeed and that Putin fails”.