‘It’s A Lie’ – Kremlin Says Boris Johnson Lying About Putin Missile Threat

The Kremlin has accused Boris Johnson, the former British Prime Minister, of “lying” when he said President Vladimir Putin had threatened him with a missile strike during a phone call in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine.

Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, told reporters that what Johnson said was not true, or “more precisely, a lie”.

Speaking to the BBC, Mr Johnson said that the Russian leader had threatened him with a missile strike that would “only take a minute”.

“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,” Mr Johnson said.

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