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Re: 20k Family Scheme visas issued to Ukrainians by UK so far

By: Cactus Flower in ALEA | Recommend this post (0)
Sun, 27 Mar 22 1:18 PM | 21 view(s)
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"The Kremlin has complained that Boris Johnson is the Russian public enemy number one and ‘most anti-Russian’ leader.

Johnson was labelled “the most active participant in the race to be anti-Russian” by Moscow amid an emergency NATO summit that took place in Brussels, beginning yesterday.

The British Prime Minister hit back at these claims that came earlier in the day from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, when he was quoted by state-owned RIA news agency.

He said: “As for Mr Johnson, we see him as the most active participant in the race to be anti-Russian. It will lead to a foreign policy dead end.”

Speaking at the press conference in Brussels, Boris Johnson hit back at these claims, and in typical fashion, made a joke.

He said: "Absolutely not, least of all me.

“I think I'm probably the only Prime Minister in UK history to be called Boris, I think I have that distinction, and I'm not remotely anti-Russian."

He said: "But I think what we all agree is that what Vladimir Putin is doing, the way he's leading Russia at the moment, is utterly catastrophic, that his invasion of Ukraine is inhuman and barbaric.

"And the conduct of that invasion is now moving into the type of behaviour that, as I said before, we haven't seen in the continent of Europe for 80 years, and it's horrific.

"So you can be sympathetic towards ordinary Russians, who are being so badly led, but you can be deeply hostile to the decisions of Vladimir Putin.”"

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/kremlin-says-boris-johnson-public-26552758

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Re: 20k Family Scheme visas issued to Ukrainians by UK so far
By: Cactus Flower in ALEA
Sun, 27 Mar 22 1:02 PM 		Msg. 45092 of 54959

I think the way it makes sense is probably because the UK has been very quick off the draw in training Ukrainians and supplying weapons. And that speed helped blunt the Russian advance at the beginning, during the 48 hours when they thought they could take the whole country.

I understand the US is bigger and probably supplies more stuff and in the end will have more influence. But Biden has been more restrained, whereas Boris has been champing at the bit to supply planes, tanks etc. That would attract Putin's attention from his throne under the eye of Mordor.

It's not a competition. That's just what they said. We take it as a compliment! Who doesn't want to be Putin's number one enemy.

Glad your country is helping Ukraine too. It's Zelensky's show. Not America's. Or Britain's. They are the heroes.

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