UK PM Johnson, Ukraine president Zelenskiy hold news conference after talks in Kyiv | LIVE
CA, 01 Feb 2022
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to hold a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday following their meeting in Kyiv.
According to reports, Johnson is expected to ask Zelenskiy what he wants from Britain and other allies amid the ongoing tensions with Russia.
Last Friday, Zelenskiy spoke to the nation and the world about his call with U.S. President Joe Biden, in which reports said Biden warned an imminent invasion by Russia was a possibility.
Zelenskiy said that while the threat from Russia is "constant" and "imminent," it has been that way since 2014. He stressed they don't see a bigger escalation than has been seen before and there was no need for panic.
He also spoke on various negotiations and talks by other countries' leaders that are, according to Zelenskiy, sometimes done without him or Ukrainian officials present, saying he was confident Ukraine would make its own decisions and those made by others would be of an "illegitimate and temporary nature."
Russia has repeatedly said it has no plans for war but has amassed more than 100,000 military troops along the Ukrainian border. It has also made several demands of the U.S. and its NATO allies, including that Ukraine never be allowed to join the alliance, and to stop the deployment of NATO weapons near Russian borders and roll back its forces from Eastern Europe.
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