Britain's Boris Johnson says Putin threatened him with missile strike


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  • Monday, 30 Jan 2023

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at a joint news briefing with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Kyiv, Ukraine August 24, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

LONDON (Reuters) -Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike during a phone call in the run up to the invasion of Ukraine, a charge denied by Moscow.

Johnson, speaking to the BBC for a documentary, said the Russian leader had asked him about the prospects of Ukraine joining NATO, to which he had responded it would not be "for the foreseeable future".

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