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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Kremlin Says Britain’s Johnson Lied about Putin Missile Threat

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomes former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 22, 2023. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters)

The Kremlin said on Monday that former British prime minister Boris Johnson was lying when he said President Vladimir Putin had threatened him with a missile strike during a phone call in the run-up to the invasion of Ukraine.

Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters that what Johnson said was not true, or "more precisely, a lie".

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