During a new BBC series, Boris Johnson said Vladimir Putin had threatened his life. The former Prime Minister had spoken of a threat with a missile on January 30.
During the new series of the BBC, Boris Johnson opened up about exchanges he allegedly had with Vladimir Poutine. On January 30, 2023, the former Prime Minister had mentioned a phone call he had with the Russian president. According to Boris Johnson, this call would have taken place one day after his visit to Kyiv, last February. The famous politician would have taken advantage of this trip to warn the Kremlin of the disasters ofa possible attack. “Putin, paranoid, feared NATO encroaching on his borders“said Boris Johnson.
“Moscow was told there would be tough sanctions if Putin invaded and “more NATO, not less” in the region. What Triggered the Mad Vlad Threat“, had added the former Prime Minister. Boris Johnson had spoken about this telephone call in a series of three parts entitled: “Putin against the West“broadcast on BBC2 And BBC iPlayer. “I had Putin on the phone again. He said to me, “Boris, you say Ukraine is not going to join NATO anytime soon. What is ‘soon’?“, continued Boris Johnson. “Well, she won’t be joining NATO for the foreseeable future. You know it perfectly“, he recalls.
Boris Johnson: “…but with a missile it would only take a minute”
In his momentum, Boris Johnson had given details of the threats of the Russian president. “Boris, I don’t want to hurt you, but with a missile it would only take a minute”, or something like that“, he explained. “I think the very relaxed tone he took, the detached air he seemed to have, made him play along with my attempts to get him to negotiate.“, always according to him by adding: “Listen, if you do this, it will be a total disaster. This will mean a massive package of western sanctions. This will mean that we will continue to step up our support for UkraineIn response to Boris Johnson’s claims, the Kremlin had accused him of lying. “What Mr. Johnson said is not true. Specifically, it’s a lie… There were no missile threats“Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s confidant, told reporters in Moscow.