While reacting to the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the United Kingdom has openly expressed their fears that the Ukrainian Government will be coerced to make a ‘bad peace’ decision with Russia.
Boris Johnson who is the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister has revealed that Ukraine could face pressure to agree to a peace deal with Russia over the global food crisis.
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According to him, Volodymyr Zelensky’s side might be forced into entering into a peace deal that will not be in the interests of his country as a result of the economic consequences of the ongoing war in Europe. The British Prime Minister is in Kigali, the Rwandan capital, with leaders of Commonwealth nations for a summit
He told reporters, according to BBC, that “Too many countries are saying this is a European war that is unnecessary … and so the pressure will grow to encourage, coerce, maybe, the Ukrainians to a bad peace.”
The UK Prime Minister then warned that there would be consequences if Russian President Vladimir Putin has his way in Ukraine.
Johnson noted that this would be dangerous to international security and “a long-term economic disaster”.
Boris Johnson on Saturday had also appealed to fellow G7 leaders not to ‘give up’ on Ukraine more than four months into Russia’s grinding war, even as he pledged fresh financial support for Kyiv.
“Ukraine can win and it will win. But they need our backing to do so. Now is not the time to give up on Ukraine,” Johnson said in a statement on the eve of a Group of Seven wealthy nations summit in the Bavarian Alps.
Britain stands ready to provide another £429 million in loan guarantees, the statement from Downing Street said, warning that the Ukrainian government fears it could run out of cash by autumn without fresh cash injections.
The pledge raises the total amount of British financial and humanitarian aid to Ukraine this year to around $1.8 billion.
Johnson, under pressure at home over a drubbing in two by-elections and a slew of negative headlines, has been steadfast in his support for Ukraine. He has twice visited Kyiv since Russia’s February 24 invasion and sent lethal weapons to the Ukrainian army earlier than other Western allies.