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Mon Jan 30, 2023, 03:39 AM Jan 2023

Boris Johnson Says Putin Threatened Missile Strike

Boris Johnson Says Putin Threatened Missile Strike

January 29, 2023 at 11:39 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 42 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2023/01/29/boris-johnson-says-putin-threatened-missile-strike/

"SNIP........

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson told the BBC that Russian president Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike in an “extraordinary” phone call in the run-up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The then-prime minister said Mr Putin told him it “would only take a minute.”

..........SNIP"

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Boris Johnson Says Putin Threatened Missile Strike (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2023 OP
Wow Polybius Jan 2023 #1
Putin is not known for being sane. wnylib Jan 2023 #2

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