Putin Threatened Me: What Vladimir Putin and Boris Johnson Discussed

The BBC has released a documentary film regarding the Ukrainian war, in which former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson recounts a phone conversation with Putin. He warned that the invasion of Ukraine would lead to sanctions and an increase of NATO troops at the Russian border, assuring that Ukraine would not become a NATO member in the foreseeable future. But at some point, Putin threatened him, saying, 'Boris, I don't want to hurt you, but it will take only one minute with a missile.'

The BBC reports that Johnson also attempted to convey to the Russian president that Ukraine would not join NATO. 'He said,