Vladimir Putin is condemning young Russians and Ukrainians to their deaths to avoid humiliation in an “unwinnable war”, Boris Johnson has said.
The Prime Minister said the Russian President was fighting in Ukraine “solely for his own vanity” and said the invasion was an “ego-driven mistake” which now had no clear strategic objective.
As Russia celebrated its annual Victory Day with a military parade in Moscow, Johnson said: “This is Putin’s unwinnable war. Russians are right to commemorate their heroic role in the defeat of Nazism.
