Putin Threatened to Kill Me With a Missile, Says Johnson

Boris Johnson and Volodymyr Zelenskiy in in Kyiv, on Feb. 1, 2022.

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Boris Johnson has claimed that Vladimir Putin told him "I don't want to hurt you, but with a missile, it would only take a minute", in a call ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The former prime minister said the "extraordinary" conversation took place in February after he had visited Kyiv in a last-ditch attempt to show Western support for Ukraine amid growing fears of a Russian assault.