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'Slower than a slug', Boris Johnson hits out at 'frail' Putin

The former UK prime minister urged the Coalition of the Willing to deploy now, and not wait for Trump

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Latika M Bourke
Sep 09, 2025
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Boris Johnson gave a characteristically colourful and morally clear speech on the way forward for Ukraine in an unusually low-key public appearance in London this week.

The former leader of the Conservative Party, who served as prime minister of the UK between 2019 and 2022 and during the time of Vladimir Putin’s illegal and full-scale invasion of Ukrain…

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