UK prime minister condemns Putin and meets Ukraine president at Munich security conference
Boris Johnson has declared Russia “must fail and be seen to fail” if it invades Ukraine, warning of a bloody and protracted conflict once Russian troops cross the border.
In a speech on Saturday to the Munich security conference, which went further than many other speeches condemning Vladimir Putin’s action, Johnson did not rule out 11th-hour diplomacy, but made clear that a Russian victory would send disastrous echoes around the world that the postwar order is being dismantled by force. He said overall the omens were grim.
