Johnson denied the Kremlin's statements about the breakdown of peace talks between the Russian Federation and Ukraine

According to the newspaper, Johnson visited Kiev in April 2022 and became one of the first Western leaders to visit Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion. "In Kiev, Johnson was praised for his courage and support of the Ukrainian people. Returning home, his critics suggested that the Prime Minister was probably advised to distract from political scandals that eventually led to his fall," the newspaper said.

In the Russian Federation, Johnson's visit to Kiev was called an intervention that disrupted a peace agreement between Kiev and Moscow. The Kremlin has accused the UK's expression of veto on an agreement that would lead to the fact that Russia would bring troops in exchange for the fact that Kiev would refuse NATO. Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, at the end of 2023, stated that Johnson ordered Zelensky not to agree to any peace agreements with Moscow.

"Johnson forbade Kiev to sign a peace agreement with Russia as a result of negotiations in Istanbul at the end of March 2022 and demanded the continuation of hostilities against Russia," she said. Johnson himself said that after a meeting in Istanbul 2022, he negotiated with President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, during which he expressed his concern about the possibility of concluding any agreement between Moscow and Kiev.

"I couldn't even understand what the agreement could be, and I thought that any agreement with Putin would be quite terrible," Johnson said. He calls Moscow that he has broken the peace agreement - "nothing more than full nonsense and Russian propaganda. " We will remind that the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov stated that neither Ukraine nor the event want to negotiate to end the war with Russia.