Phone Call Putin Warned Over Tensions In Ukraine

Putin said Kyiv was involved in sabotage of the Minsk agreements

- Patrick Wintour

Boris Johnson has warned Vladimir Putin that he will make a “tragic miscalculation” if he invades Ukraine, in a phone call delayed since Monday and preceded by Russian insults.

Putin, the Kremlin said, had complained that Russia’s demand for justifiable security guarantees have not been met. The Russian president also told Johnson that Kyiv was involved in “the chronic sabotage” of the Minsk agreements designed to reach a political settlement in the east of Ukraine, including greater autonomy.

The Kremlin did not say how Russia will respond to what it described as Nato’s unreadiness to answer what it sees as justified Russian concerns.