Ex-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Says Putin Threatened to Kill Him With a Missile Before Ukraine Invasion

• Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson has made wild allegations against Russia's head of state, Vladimir Putin
• Johnson stated that Vladimir had threatened to kill him with a missile before invading Ukraine on 24 February
• The ex-state man's comments come weeks after he paid a visit to the war-torn country of Ukraine

LONDON - Former British prime minister Boris Johnson alleges that Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to put a target on his back.

Johnson stated he was personally threatened via phone call before Putin ordered Russian forces to invade Ukraine last year.

According to EWN, the former United Kingdom prime minister revealed this information in a BBC documentary scheduled for publishing on Monday, 30 January.

Boris Johnson reveals details of Putin's threat in new documentary

In the documentary, Johnson stated that Putin "sort-of threatened" him, adding that Putin also stated that he didn't want to hurt him.

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"He sort-of threatened me at one point and said, 'Boris, I don't want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute,' or something like that," said Johnson.

Boris Johnson says he tried to persuade Putin not to invade Ukraine

According to BBC News, Johnson stated that he tried to deter Putin from invading Ukraine by telling the Russian president that Ukraine would not be joining NATO any time soon. However, that was not enough assurance for Putin.

Johnson recently paid Ukraine a surprise visit to show solidarity with the war-torn country, reports The Guardian. The ex-UK Prime Minister stated it was a privilege to visit Ukraine and that the war needed to end.

Johnson added that Ukraine needed to be the victor of this war. He also stated that Ukrainians needed to be given all the tools necessary to win the war and defeat Russia.

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Briefly News previously reported that when British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his girlfriend, Carrie Symonds, went for their end-of-year Christmas holiday, little did they know that this would generate controversy in months to come.

Following the holiday, the parliamentary standards commission says it is investigating the PM. This comes amid claims he may have broken the rules on declaring a luxury holiday to the Caribbean, The Guardian reports.

In layman's terms, the prime minister is under investigation over who paid for his Caribbean holiday. This was disclosed by the parliamentary standards commissioner Kathryn Stone, Bloomberg added.

Source: Briefly News