Before full-scale war, Putin threatened Johnson with a missile strike on Britain

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said this in the documentary Putin vs the West.

In February 2022, before Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Boris Johnson had a conversation with Vladimir Putin.

It was about dissuading Putin from a full-scale war. But the latter moved on to threats. Johnson is quoted as saying the dictator:

"At one point it was as if he threatened me and said, 'Boris, I don't want to hurt you, but with a missile it will only take a minute,' or something along those lines."

During the conversation Johnson also tried to convey to Putin that Ukraine would not be joining NATO "any time soon" and warned him that any invasion would mean "more NATO, not less" at Russia's borders.