Criticism of Boris Johnson for comparing the situation in Ukraine with Brexit

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British Prime Minister

is facing criticism from various quarters after

the plight of Ukrainians fighting Russian attacks to the choice the British made in 2016 to support Brexit.

The Conservative politician made the unfortunate comments during a speech on the sidelines of the Tory party's spring conference yesterday in the English city of Blackpool.

In his speech, Johnson stated that "the instinct of the people of this country (the United Kingdom), like the people in Ukraine, is to choose freedom", with the vote in favor of Brexit being "the famous recent example".

"When so many Brits voted for Brexit, I don't think it was because they were remotely hostile to foreigners. It's because

to do things differently and for this country to be able to govern itself," he said.

The local media today pick up the

that charge against the chief executive, such as the conservative Lord Barwel, who reminded Johnson that the Ukrainians "are seeking to join the European Union (EU)".

Lord Barwell, who worked as head of staff at Downing Street - the Prime Minister's residence and official office - when the also Tory Theresa May governed, clarified on Twitter that voting in the 2016 European referendum "is in no way comparable to putting in risk your life" in a war with the forces of

.

Barwell made the comparison ugly for two reasons: "because of the fact that voting in a free and fair referendum is in no way comparable to risking your life to defend your country against invasion" and also because "Ukrainians are fighting for the freedom to join the EU.

For his part, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, considered that Johnson is "a national shame" and that "comparing a referendum with

Putin's bombs is an insult to all Ukrainians."

For the leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party in Westminster, Ian Blackford, Johnson's comments "comparing the

with Brexit is in poor taste and shows how dangerously obsessed the Tories are with Brexit."

Outside this country, the former president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, also said that the words of the British prime minister "offend the Ukrainians, the British and common sense."

"Boris Johnson equals the struggle of the Ukrainians to the British vote for Brexit," says the former Polish prime minister, who still remembers the "enthusiasm of (Vladimir) Putin and (Donald) Trump after the referendum."

For former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, the comparison is "crazy".

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