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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has made a statement to the nation after Russia’s attack on the Ukraine. Here it is in full:
Shortly after 4 o’clock this morning I spoke to President Zelenskyy of Ukraine to offer the continued support of the UK, because our worst fears have now come true and all our warnings have proved tragically accurate.
President Putin of Russia has unleashed war in our European continent. He has attacked a friendly country without any provocation and without any credible excuse.
Innumerable missiles and bombs have been raining down on an entirely innocent population.
A vast invasion is underway by land by sea and by air.
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And this is not, in the infamous phrase, “some faraway country of which we know little.”
We have Ukrainian friends in this country, neighbours, co-workers.
Ukraine is a country that for decades has enjoyed freedom and democracy and the right to choose its own destiny.
We – and the world – cannot allow that freedom just to be snuffed out. We cannot and will not just look away.
It is because we have been so alarmed in recent months at the Russian intimidation that the UK became one of the first countries in Europe to send defensive weaponry to help the Ukrainians.
Other allies have now done the same and we will do what more we can in the days ahead.
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Source : skynews
