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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Kremlin calls Boris Johnson’s Ukraine diplomacy efforts ‘utterly confused’

Boris Johnson at a joint news conference with the Ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Kyiv
Boris Johnson at a joint news conference with the Ukraine president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in Kyiv. Photograph: EyePress News/Rex/Shutterstock

The Kremlin moved to belittle Boris Johnson on Wednesday, describing him as “utterly confused” and calling British diplomacy a waste of time.

The concerted effort to ridicule Britain’s efforts to put itself at the helm of the fight to protect Ukraine came the day after the UK prime minister flew to Kyiv to warn that a Russian invasion would be a humanitarian, political and military disaster for Moscow.

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