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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Heather Stewart

Boris Johnson casts doubt on possibility of negotiated peace in Ukraine

Boris Johnson boards a plane at Stansted Airport for a visit to India.
Boris Johnson boards a plane at Stansted Airport for a visit to India. Photograph: WPA/Getty Images

Boris Johnson has cast doubt on the prospects for a negotiated peace in Ukraine, comparing it to holding talks with a “crocodile”, as he flies to India to discuss the conflict with prime minister Narendra Modi.

Speaking on a plane en route to India, where he will seek to deepen trade ties, as well as discussing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the prime minister suggested it would now be impossible for Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s government to trust Russia in any talks.

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