Germany has angrily dismissed claims by Boris Johnson that in the run-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine it said it would be better for Ukraine to fold than to become embroiled in a long war.
Johnson, interviewed by CNN, also claimed that the French president, Emmanuel Macron, was in denial about the threat of invasion, and that Italy, led at the time by Mario Draghi, said it could not help because it was so dependent on Russian hydrocarbons.
A spokesperson for the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, rejected the claims with a diplomatically phrased dig at Johnson.
#Ukraine: A direct hit on a Russian T-80BV by the Ukrainian 4th Tank Brigade in the East.
The tank received serious damage and was taken out of action. pic.twitter.com/88uDa8gQVa
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) November 23, 2022
