{"id":2823,"date":"2022-03-16T17:07:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/top-trends\/2823\/"},"modified":"2022-03-16T17:07:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T17:07:07","slug":"boris-johnson-ukraine-paying-the-price-for-wests-failure-over-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worabia.com\/news\/top-trends\/2823\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris Johnson: Ukraine paying the price for West&#8217;s failure over Putin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div >\n<p ><b >Ukraine is &#8220;paying the price&#8221; for the West&#8217;s failure to understand the threat posed by Vladimir Putin, PM says.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Boris Johnson told the BBC that the Russian president&#8217;s invasion had &#8220;already failed&#8221; because he underestimated the &#8220;strength of the resistance&#8221; in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >But he blamed European countries that &#8220;went back to trying [Putin] as part of the community&#8221; after its annexation of Crimea in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Johnson is in Saudi Arabia, discussing energy security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >He said the West needed to ensure that it &#8220;would never again be vulnerable to blackmail from Putin,&#8221; especially when it came to relying on Russian oil and gas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The trip was criticized by Labour, who said it was going &#8220;cap in hand from one dictator to another&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<div >\n<ul >\n<li>PM to visit Saudi Arabia in bid to offload Russian oil<\/li>\n<li>Will PM&#8217;s journey find a way to plug the energy gap?<\/li>\n<li>What sanctions are imposed on Russia?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Several parliamentarians called on the prime minister to cancel the visit due to the Saudi government&#8217;s human rights record.  Last week, 81 men were executed in one day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >The prime minister insisted that he did not &#8220;turn a blind eye&#8221; to the incidents and raised them with the country&#8217;s officials. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >But he said he had to be &#8220;realistic&#8221; and &#8220;look at the big picture&#8221; when it came to energy security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >President Putin ordered the annexation of Crimea, a Ukrainian territory, in 2014. He later backed an eastern rebellion by pro-Russian separatists, who fought Ukrainian forces in an eight-year war that claimed 14,000 lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Despite years of Western sanctions, Russia remains firmly in control of Crimea, which it absorbed after a referendum discredited by much of the international community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Speaking to BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg, the prime minister said: &#8220;If you look back at 2014 and what happened when Putin took part in Crimea&#8230; what we fail to understand.&#8221; [was] the threat it posed and we renormalized. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;European countries went back to treating him like he was part of the community.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;Ukraine is paying the price for that now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >He also pointed to the strength of the resistance in Ukraine, adding that President Putin was committing war crimes in the country. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Johnson said: &#8220;They will not be able to crush and conquer the Ukraine, because they have fundamentally shown that they have an indomitable spirit.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;You have to withdraw. You have to shut this down. You have to get your tanks and your armor back. And there has to be a solution that respects the will of the Ukrainian people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<div >\n<ul >\n<li>LIVE: Latest updates from Ukraine and surroundings<\/li>\n<li>VIDEO: kyiv residents record life under siege<\/li>\n<li>ANALYSIS: Putin will look for ways to save face<\/li>\n<li>BUSINESS: Western brands cannot leave Russia<\/li>\n<li>IN DEPTH: Comprehensive coverage of the conflict<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >After Russia began its invasion of Ukraine last month, numerous governments introduced sanctions to affect the country&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >And many countries, including the UK, have pledged to phase out the use of the country&#8217;s oil and gas to hit it even harder.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >Johnson said he planned to look at solar, wind and &#8220;make some big bets&#8221; on nuclear power in the future, but short-term solutions were also needed. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;The UK has a long-standing and historic relationship with Saudi Arabia, going back many, many decades,&#8221; the prime minister said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;That should in no way prevent us from raising human rights issues.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >He added: &#8220;I want to be clear, we don&#8217;t, we don&#8217;t just turn a blind eye, we don&#8217;t wink at them, we don&#8217;t ignore it, we bring it up and we make the argument. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;But what we also try to do is look at the global picture and see the impact on the world economy, and particularly the impact on the UK. [as a] hydrocarbon consumer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div >\n<p >&#8220;We are in a transition phase now and we have to be realistic about the continued transitional importance of hydrocarbons in our economies.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-60765668?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine is &#8220;paying the price&#8221; for the West&#8217;s failure to understand the threat posed by Vladimir Putin, PM says. Boris Johnson told the BBC that the Russian president&#8217;s invasion had &#8220;already failed&#8221; because he underestimated the &#8220;strength of the resistance&#8221; in Ukraine. 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