Johnson compares Putin to crocodile, says Ukraine peace talks doomed

In a further ratcheting up of the US-led offensive against Russia over its military action against the Kiev government, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson compared President Vladimir Putin to a “crocodile when its got your leg in its jaw.”

Talking to reporters on a flight to India on Wednesday, Johnson expressed doubts over any peace negotiations to end the war in Ukraine which has been raging on for two months.

“It is very hard to see how the Ukrainians can negotiate with Putin now, given his manifest lack of good faith,” Johnson said. “His strategy, which is evident, is to try to engulf and capture as much of Ukraine as he can and perhaps to have some sort of negotiation from a position of strength.”

Johnson is reportedly scheduled to meet Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urge him to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, though he downplayed the possibility that India would sever ties with Russia.

“I’ve already talked to Narendra Modi about Ukraine and actually the Indians have condemned what happened in Bucha, they have been quite forceful in what they have said,” the prime minister added. “But the U.K., in particular, has to recognize that there is a historic relationship that India has with Russia, I think we have to be alive to that and just point out where Putin is, I am afraid, letting Russia down badly.”

On February 24, Russia began a “special military operation” in Ukraine’s Donbas region to defend people subjected to "genocide" there against government forces, stressing that Moscow has “no plans to occupy Ukrainian territory.”

US President Joe Biden called the Russian action an "unprovoked and unjustified attack," and the American media described it as the biggest assault on a European state since World War Two.

Biden has called Putin a "murderous dictator" and a "pure thug,” after calling him a "war criminal."

Biden criticized Putin and the Russian military action in Ukraine, saying, "My generic point is that, you know, now you have Ireland and Great Britain... standing together against a murderous dictator, a pure thug who is waging an immoral war against the people of Ukraine."

Biden earlier called Putin a "war criminal" over the military operation in Ukraine.

Russia denounced the comments as “unacceptable and unforgivable."

Russia warns Britain after Johnson said Putin 'crossed the red line into barbarism'

Boris Johnson says Putin has “crossed the red line into barbarism,” ratcheting up the US-led propaganda offensive against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis.

Russia warned Britain's foreign policy approach would lead to a dead-end after Johnson said Putin has “crossed the red line into barbarism.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, "As for Mr. Johnson, we see him as the most active participant in the race to be anti-Russian. It will lead to a foreign policy dead end."

Johnson ranted against Putin last month as he arrived in Brussels for an unprecedented one-day trio of NATO, G7 and EU summits.

Meanwhile, India has rejected the pressure from the United States and imposed any sanctions on Russia.

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