UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday that the United Kingdom will be willing to “contribute” to necessary NATO deployments if Russia invades Ukraine
to amp up their military presence in Eastern Europe and the prime minister signaled willingness to join that effort.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parliament the UK would contribute NATO troops should Russia invade Ukraine.UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that Russia has put a gun to its neighbor Ukraine’s head. The UK and US have begun evacuating families of diplomats from their embassies in Kiev.“In every contact with Russia, the UK and our allies have stressed our unity and our adherence to vital points of principle,” Johnson added.
In recent months, Russia has amassed roughly 100,000 troops along the Ukrainian border and was recently seen moving military weapons, equipment and troops into Belarus — stoking fears of an invasion from the north. “If the worst happens and the destructive firepower of the Russian army were to engulf Ukraine’s towns and cities, I shudder to contemplate the tragedy that would ensue,” the prime minister said.
Johnson predicted that Russia would create “a wasteland in a country which, as she constantly reminds us, is composed of fellow Slavs; and Russia would never be able to call it peace.”
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