"Putin threatened me", the Kremlin responds to Johnson: He is either misunderstood, or he is lying

2023-01-30 12:46:20Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"Putin threatened me", the Kremlin responds to Johnson: He is either
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov

The Kremlin claimed today that former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson lied when he said President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile attack during a phone call before the start of the invasion of Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that what Johnson said was not true but a lie.

Johnson previously revealed that the Russian leader had threatened him with a missile strike that would last just one minute.

" At one point he threatened me and said, 'Boris, I don't want to hurt you, but with a rocket, it's only going to take a minute' or something like that ," Johnson said.

Peskov declared: There were no threats with missiles. Either it was a deliberate lie, and you have to ask Mr. Johnson why he chose to phrase it that way, or it was an unconscious lie and he didn't really understand what Putin was telling him.

Peskov said Putin had explained to Johnson that if Ukraine joined the NATO alliance, placing US or NATO missiles near Russia's border would mean any missile could reach Moscow within minutes. and added that there may have been a misunderstanding. 

" If this passage is understood in this way, then it is a very unpleasant situation ," said Peskov.

 


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