Extraordinarily moving questions from a Ukrainian journalist at the @BorisJohnson press conference. Amazed BBC didn't cover it but @SkyNews stuck with it.
“You’re coming to Poland, Prime Minister, you’re not coming to Kyiv, Prime Minister, you’re not coming to Lviv. Because you are afraid..."
"...Because Nato is not ready to defend, because Nato is afraid of World War Three. But it’s already started. And it’s Ukrainian children who are there, taking the hit.”
In response, @BorisJohnson said "I've got to be honest" that the UK shooting down Russian planes "that’s not something we can do" because "the consequences" would be "difficult to control"
"I cannot pretend to you that this is going to be something that the UK can solve by military means. I think it would be wrong of me to do so," the PM added.
The Ukrainian journalist who made that impassioned plea to @BorisJohnson is Daria Kaleniuk, @dkaleniuk.
Johnson rightly paid tribute to her and she was applauded by all the media present at the end.
Johnson rightly paid tribute to her and she was applauded by all the media present at the end.
One v interesting Johnson response. "It was entirely reasonable of Volodymyr Zelensky to ask for instance for EU membership. And I think that NATO would have to think much more about some of the ways in which we think about about European security in the future."
'Putin Must Fail' is @BorisJohnson's latest three-word slogan (after 'Get Brexit Done' and 'Take Back Control')
But @dkaleniuk wanted more action, not words.
My latest for @theipaper
inews.co.uk/opinion/how-a-…
But @dkaleniuk wanted more action, not words.
My latest for @theipaper
inews.co.uk/opinion/how-a-…
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