Boris Johnson: Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he were a woman

Boris Johnson describes President’s Putin’s (pictured on horseback) invasion of Ukraine as a ‘perfect example of toxic masculinity’. Photograph: Alexey Druzhinin/AFP/Getty

Boris Johnson has claimed that Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if he was a woman and believes that the war is a “perfect example of toxic masculinity”.

In an interview with German media following the G7 summit in Schloss Elmau, the prime minister cited the Russian president’s gender as a contributory factor to the conflict.