Boris Johnson has claimed Vladimir Putin is trying to “rewrite the rules” of international order “by military force” – as he prepares to host world leaders for talks at Downing Street.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mark Rutte of the Netherlands will visit Number 10 on Monday.
On Tuesday, Mr Johnson will host leaders of the V4 group of central European nations – the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – which are already experiencing the impact of Ukraine’s humanitarian crisis.
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In an essay in The New York Times, Mr Johnson wrote: “Putin must fail and must be seen to fail in this act of aggression. It is not enough to express our support for the rules-based international order – we must defend it against a sustained attempt to rewrite the rules by military force.
“The world is watching. It is not future historians but the people of Ukraine who will be our judge.”
In the same article, Boris Johnson has also launched a six-point plan of how the international community should resolve the crisis – including humanitarian and military support, economic sanctions, an attempt to find a diplomatic solution, and a renewed effort to strengthen security across Europe.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has conceded Western countries were too slow to change their approach to Russia, especially after the annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the Salisbury Novichok poisoning in 2018.
“I believe that the whole West should have done more earlier,” she told the Sunday Express.
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