Boris Johnson says Vladimir Putin threatened to bomb the U.K. ahead of his Ukraine invasion

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a joint press conference with Prime Minister of Estonia and Secretary General of NATO at the Tapa Army Base on March 1, 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia. (Credit: Leon Neal—Pool/AFP/Getty Images)

Former U.K. leader Boris Johnson has detailed how Russian President Vladimir Putin “threatened” him with a missile strike as Western leaders attempted to prevent Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Speaking to the BBC in a new documentary titled Putin Vs. the West, Johnson recalled the “extraordinary” conversation he shared with the Russian President during a “very long” phone call in February 2022.