Calling, as the United States and the Europeans have also done, for negotiations, Boris Johnson estimated on Thursday that a Russian incursion into Ukraine, whatever its scale, would be “a disaster for the world.
“Have no doubt.
If Russia launches an incursion into Ukraine, whatever its form or size, I think it would be a disaster not only for Ukraine but also for Russia.
It would be a disaster for the world,” he told reporters.
London supports Kiev “unwaveringly”
Britain "unwaveringly" supports Ukraine's sovereignty, he added, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is preparing to meet his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Geneva.
Boris Johnson's statement comes after US President Joe Biden's remarks on Wednesday on the possibility of a "minor incursion" by Russia into Ukraine.
The White House had "clarified" these remarks by assuring that any crossing of the border by Russian troops would attract "a rapid, severe and united response from the United States and its allies", according to its spokeswoman Jen Psaki.
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