British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has released a video address Tuesday in which he speaks directly to the Russian people, telling them they “deserve the truth” about the invasion of Ukraine.
“The Russian people deserve the truth, you deserve the facts,” Johnson says, speaking in Russian, at the outset of the nearly two-minute address before reverting to English.
https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1511388515787055115
The British leader says reports emerging from Ukraine of atrocities allegedly perpetrated by Russian forces were “so shocking, so sickening, it’s no wonder your government is seeking to hide them from you.”
“Your president knows that if you could see what was happening, you would not support his war,” Johnson adds, referring to Russia’s leader Vladimir Putin.
He ends the video — posted on Twitter and other UK government social media channels — by again speaking in Russian, saying Putin “stands accused of committing war crimes.”
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