'It would be false economy to let Putin win'. Boris Johnson continues by saying it would be 'burdening future generations with the massive expense of trying to protect the whole area'. Latest: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Mr Johnson's conversation with the Atlantic Council in Washington now moves to Ukraine's bid to join NATO.
"We were telling the French and the Germans and everybody else that it wasn't going to happen. We were talking out of both sides of our mouth and Putin basically exploited that." Russia's war a 'dry run' for China's ambitions - Johnson "Do we want that to happen? Absolutely and emphatically not. That is why we have to stand up to Putin now."Boris Johnson, a prominent advocate for Ukraine, has appeared at the Atlantic Council, a think tank in Washington DC, to push the West to continue supporting Ukraine.
"If they can take back Melitopol and Berdiansk and Mariupol, get back those areas, it's game over for Putin," he says.
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