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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said any peace talks over Ukraine are likely to fail, as he compared holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiating with a crocodile.

Johnson said dealing with Putin was like “a crocodile when it’s got your leg in its jaws” and said it was vital that the West continues arming Ukraine.

“His strategy, which is evident, is to try engulf and capture as much of Ukraine as he can and perhaps to have some sort of negotiation from a position of strength.” Russia seized its first town in eastern Ukraine as part of afresh assault this week that Ukrainian officials have described as the Battle of Donbas.Johnson said the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had told him that he was confident of pushing Russian troops out of the eastern Donbas region, but that his forces were unlikely to recapture Crimea, which Russia seized eight years ago.

“How can you negotiate with a crocodile when it’s got your leg in its jaws? That’s the difficulty that the Ukrainians face.We have just got to keep going with the strategy, keep supplying them with weapons,” he said.

 

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As if he is an angel and he is not

True 😂😂😂😂

SABC will always report from a western view 😅

Boris seems like he is looking no peace you can't just say with out trying

Is he a prophet?

😂😂😂

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