Boris Johnson condemns Ukraine invasion as he chairs Cobra meeting
‘Putin has chosen a path of bloodshed and destruction’: Boris Johnson condemns Ukraine invasion as he prepares to chair emergency Cobra meeting this morning to discuss UK response to ‘horrific attacks’
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Boris Johnson today declared that Russia and the Kremlin has ‘chosen a path of bloodshed and destruction’ in Ukraine after launching a ‘horrific attacks’ on its neighbour.
The Prime Minister will chair a COBRA meeting at 7.30am GMT where he is certain to agree further sanctions amid calls for Britain to punish Putin’s oligarchs.
While Foreign Secretary Liz Truss ‘strongly condemned’ what she called an ‘appalling, unprovoked attack’ on Ukraine, vowing to ‘respond to this terrible act of aggression’.
‘No one should forget this day,’ Ben Wallace, the Defence Secretary, added – saying that Putin is trying to ‘secure his legacy’ with an act of ‘naked aggression’. ‘It will, but not the [legacy] that he wishes.’
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has said she condemns Russia´s `appalling, unprovoked attack´ on Ukraine (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
Ms Truss on Wednesday suggested Tory donors could potentially be hit with sanctions if they have links to Mr Putin’s regime.
She said she was ruling nothing out ‘in terms of who we target’ over the Ukraine crisis, as she faced calls for her party to hand back donated cash with Russian connections reportedly worth nearly £2 million.
She added in an earlier piece for The Times that Britain will ‘use every lever at our disposal to stop (Putin) in his tracks’.
Ms Truss said: ‘Nothing is off the table.’
