He threatened me with a missile. A phrase sweeping the British media these days.
After former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson mentioned it.
He recounts a conversation he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
That threat did not come after the war that raged in eastern Europe, nor even
after the strong Western sanctions against Russia. Rather, it came from the first conversation
between London and Moscow about an upcoming war in Ukraine. Did Putin really threaten?
Is Russia to hit London? He threatened me with a missile and said it
would only take one minute. Those are the words quoted by Police
Johnson. In a three-part documentary. It is now shown by BBC.
In which Johnson told the story of the very long call. And
unusual as described with Putin. The conversation that Johnson mentioned in
the BBC documents dates back to the Ukrainian in February of the year
two thousand and twenty-two. And that's when Russia was massing its forces on
the border with Ukraine. The whole world was afraid of that next invasion.
At that time, Western countries tried to pressure Russia to back down. Among
them was Britain. Johnson, who was
then prime minister. He led several talks with Vladimir Putin with the aim of preventing him from going to
war. Where Putin threatened to impose harsh sanctions on his country in the event of an
invasion. And stop dealing with Russia in the energy file completely. Which
represents Moscow's economic power in fact. These threats were answered by
Putin in his last conversation with Johnson. Putin insisted for
very long months. However, he does not intend to go to war with Ukraine. And that everything the
West talks about is just rumors. But Johnson, for his part,
insisted at the time that Putin wanted war and that his forces gathered on
the border with Ukraine would storm it soon. The last response. Boris
, I don't want to hurt you. But with a missile it will take one minute. Referring to
Moscow's ability to strike Britain through its
missile arsenal. Boris said that response, which he described as an explicit threat, came
after years of troubled relations between Russia and the West. The most prominent of these
differences was Ukraine's accession to NATO. Johnson confirmed
that he had made it clear to Putin that this accession would not be in the near future. Which
Vladimir did not like at all. He asked him to explain what he meant by
the near future. Johnson did not reveal more about the conversations that
took place between him and Putin at the time. But the Kremlin quickly responded to what was said
without hesitation. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
Putin made no such threat. Russia's Interfax news agency
quoted Peskov completely to the letter. What Mr. Johnson said is not true.
More precisely, he lied. Peskov also made it clear that Johnson at this
time may be deliberate to clamp down on Russia and increase
sanctions on it from the West. He stressed that Putin had warned of
NATO's presence in Ukraine. Because that would mean that America is able to strike
Moscow in minutes, not as Johnson said. And between denial and affirmation
, the hypothesis of war between Russia and Britain appeared. The important question is whether
Moscow will be able to hit London? And what missile will you use?
The Russian media had covered the process before. He revealed that
the Russian Satan missiles are able to hit the United Kingdom easily.
It is an intercontinental ballistic missile that runs on liquid fuel. It can carry
ten nuclear warheads at once. Its weight reaches one hundred tons, and the length of
each missile is estimated at thirty-five by three meters. The total launch range
is up to eighteen thousand kilometers. According to Russian media
, the Sarmat missile, or Satan, takes only 202 seconds from Kaliningrad to London
. This means that Moscow is able to strike
Britain easily. But not for one minute, as Johnson said, quoting
Putin. Will the Ukrainian war raging now lead us to
an open conflict between Russia and the West, and then a global one, or will everything the
West and Russia talk about will not go beyond the media and the press?