Former British prime minister Mr Boris Johnson has said Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike in an "extraordinary" phone call in the run-up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The then-prime minister said Mr Putin told him it "would only take a minute".

Mr Johnson said the comment was made after he warned the war would be an "utter catastrophe".

The claim is made in a BBC documentary on Mr Putin's interactions with world leaders over the years. The Kremlin spokesman said it was a "lie"

Mr Johnson warned Mr Putin that invading Ukraine would lead to Western sanctions and more Nato troops on Russia's borders.

He also tried to deter Russian military action by telling Mr Putin that Ukraine would not join Nato "for the foreseeable future".

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

"But I think from the very relaxed tone that he was taking, the sort of air of detachment that he seemed to have, he was just playing along with my attempts to get him to negotiate."

President Putin had been "very familiar" during the "most extraordinary call", Mr Johnson said.

No reference to the exchange appeared in accounts of the call given by both Downing Street and the Kremlin.

yinkus6750:
Putin has proven himself unstoppable in world power leadership.
Tho his yet to achieve his aim in Ukraine , which has taken a great tool on Russia, die to the prolonged unnecessary war.
Tho , Ukraine is totally destroyed, but they stood up against Putin.
And NATO failed Ukraine when they needed them most, that's why Putin can keep boasting and threatening every nation.

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DaunteWright:
US Dollar Losing Global Currency Status - Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Congresswoman representing Georgia, said that "the US proxy war with Russia, in Ukraine" is draining military resources, driving inflation, hurting world trade. The US dollar may cease to be a global currency as, even under heavy sanctions, Russia is showing the world that it can do without the US dollar and Washington’s friendship, Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Congresswoman representing Georgia, said on Sunday. "Two years ago <…> we were living in times of world peace. Today <…> we are now on the verge of world war. And the innocent victims are each nation’s people paying taxes to those in power. The US proxy war with Russia, in Ukraine (a non-NATO nation), benefits China the most," she wrote on her Twitter account. "It’s draining our military resources, driving inflation, hurting world trade, & Americans don’t support it." "It could also result in the dollar no longer being the world’s currency. Because of our own arrogance and "fight to save democracy" in non-NATO Ukraine, heavily sanctioned Russia is proving to the world that they don’t need the US dollar or friendship to trade and thrive," she emphasized. SOURCE Russia's adversaries are imploding from within Russia apprises it's people of NATO'S escalation and the govt gains their support. On the other side, the political support for the NeoNazis continues to shrink. Time has indeed been a blessing for Russia.

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yinkus6750:
Putin has proven himself unstoppable in world power leadership.
Tho his yet to achieve his aim in Ukraine , which has taken a great tool on Russia, die to the prolonged unnecessary war.
Tho , Ukraine is totally destroyed, but they stood up against Putin.
And NATO failed Ukraine when they needed them most, that's why Putin can keep boasting and threatening every nation.

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