DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) – Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday urged allies to double down on sending military equipment to support Ukraine and speed up an end to the war with Russia.
“There is nothing to be lost by doubling down on the materiel that we are sending to Ukraine and there is nothing to fear in escalation, and the best thing for the world is to get this thing done, and done fast,” Johnson said in an interview as part of the Reuters Impact Arctic Warning series in Davos.
“That is the cheapest solution. It’s the solution that has the lowest in human life and suffering.”
Johnson, who left office in September 2022 amid a wave of scandal, was leading Britain when Russia invaded Ukraine in February and in subsequent weeks sought to position Britain as the Ukraine’s number one ally in the West.
Johnson said he had no plans to go back to Ukraine, but he proudly showed off his Kyiv citizen card after he said the Mayor Vitali Klitschko and his brother had made him an honorary citizen at Ukraine House in Davos on Wednesday.
“I hope one day I will be able to use it,” he said.
(This story has been corrected to add the word ‘Former’ in the lede)
(reporting by Axel Threlfall and John Irish, writing by William James; Editing by Kate Holton)
