British PM says what Putin did in Ukraine was ‘evil’
London:
What Russian President Vladimir Putin has done in Ukraine is “evil”, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday.
When asked in an interview with GB News at the NATO summit in Madrid if Putin was the bad guy, Johnson said: “I think what he did was evil. And I think maybe maybe. then if you are what you do, then surely you are”.
He added: “It is an unwarranted act of aggression against innocent people.
As 30 national NATO leaders were meeting in Madrid, Russian forces stepped up their attacks in Ukraine, including missile and artillery attacks on the area south of Mykolaiv near the front lines and the Sea Black.
Johnson has been outspoken in support of Ukraine, holding regular phone calls with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and visiting Kyiv twice since the Russian invasion began on February 24.
Moscow calls its actions in Ukraine a “special military operation” designed to rid the country of extremist nationalists who they say are a threat to its own security. Russia.
Ukraine and its Western allies accuse Russia of waging a war of aggression without cause.
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