Boris Johnson has said that in concert with our allies The U.K will agree a massive package of economic sanctions designed in time to hobble the Russian economy.
Speaking in a national address at lunchtime the prime Minister said that to that end we must also collectively cease the dependence on Russian oil and gas that for too long has given Putin his grip on western politics
“Our mission is clear, he added,”Diplomatically, politically, economically – and eventually, militarily – this hideous and barbaric venture of Vladimir Putin must end in failure.”
He continued:
I say to the Ukrainians in this moment of agony,we are with you we are praying for you and your families and we are on your side,And if the months ahead are grim, and the flame of freedom burns low I know that it will blaze bright again in Ukraine
He described the attack as “an attack on democracy and freedom in East Europe and around the world.This crisis is about the right of a free, sovereign independent European people to choose their own future,and that is a right that the UK will always defend.
