Johnson's revisit to Kyiv continues to "fire", is the Ukraine crisis his "Falklands moment"?

　　[Global Times special correspondent in the UK Ji Shuangcheng Liu Yupeng] After the French, German and Italian leaders visited Ukraine, British Prime Minister Johnson was not far behind. He secretly visited Kyiv on the 17th and promised Ukraine a series of military assistance.

This is also his second visit to Ukraine since the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

Johnson admitted on the 18th that at this "particularly critical moment ... the world is starting to get tired of Ukraine".

However, he said he would continue to support Ukraine "in the fight against Russian aggression".

"We have to send a message to the Ukrainians and the world how firmly we support them and how important this is to their success," he said.

　　Johnson held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on the 17th.

He said that the United Kingdom will continue to provide Ukraine with military equipment and a large-scale military personnel training program, which will train up to 10,000 military personnel every four months at the earliest.

"Through this plan, Ukraine will gain confidence to win, thereby changing the balance of the entire war," he said.

　　On the 18th, Johnson said in an interview with British Sky News after returning to the United Kingdom from Kyiv that although the world is starting to get tired of Ukraine, the United Kingdom will continue to actively support Ukraine.

"Going to Ukraine is very important, especially at a critical moment," he said.

Ukraine is suffering, the Russian army is advancing little by little, and "Kyiv's partners need to prove that Ukraine can and will win."

　　"Why did Johnson rush to see Zelensky after the leaders of France, Germany and Italy?" The Russian "Pravda" said on the 18th that Johnson did not visit Kyiv with the leaders of France, Germany and Italy, but visited Ukraine immediately after they left.

The report said Johnson's desperate dash to Kyiv was to thwart a possible outcome of Macron's visit.

The French, German and Italian leaders visited Kyiv to persuade Zelensky to resume talks with Russia in order to end the war quickly so Europe could breathe.

But Johnson objected to this, and he tried to continue to "arch fire" for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.

　　After British media reports about Johnson's visit to Ukraine, many British readers left comments in the website's comment section, outraged by Johnson's visit to Ukraine amid a deepening economic and political crisis in the UK.

In a comment on the British "Express" website, one reader said: "He is a coward. It is much easier for him to visit a conflict-torn country than to stay at home and discuss fulfilling economic promises."

　　The United States "Washington Post" said that in the face of high inflation and domestic dissatisfaction, Mrs Thatcher took advantage of the victory in the war in the Falkland Islands (that is, the Malvinas Islands in Argentina) to be re-elected.

Now, some say the Ukraine crisis is Johnson's "Falklands moment", but that's just the fantasy of desperate Conservatives.

"For Johnson and the Conservatives, terrible polling figures show they're just whistling in the dark."