Boris Johnson: Ukraine should restore territory within borders by February 24

He emphasized his conviction that Ukraine needs to be helped to "provide strategic resistance." 

“But we cannot be greater Ukrainians than they are.

This is their crisis, and it is up to them to decide what to do ... Ukrainian territory must be restored at least to the borders that existed before February 24, ”Johnson said in an interview with Corriere della Sera.

According to him, the loss of Russia in the UK usually means "a return to the status quo before February 24."

On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees on Russia's recognition of the independence of the LPR and DPR.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier on the air of the Italian channel Rai 1 said that Ukraine does not recognize the Russian ownership of Crimea and the autonomy of the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics.

In a conversation with UN Secretary General António Guterres in April, Russian leader Vladimir Putin recalled that the whole problem around Ukraine arose after the coup d'état that took place in Kyiv in 2014.