NEW: UK Prime Minister @BorisJohnson warns a further Russian invasion of Ukraine could be "a new Chechnya". "We also need to get over the message that invading Ukraine from a Russian perspective is going to be a painful, violent and bloody business...this could be a new Chechnya"
🇬🇧PM says there are around 60 Russian battle groups on the borders of Ukraine. In a pool TV interview, @BorisJohnson said: "The plan for a lightning war that could take out Kyiv is one that everyone can see. We need to make it clear to Russia that that would be a disastrous step"
@haynesdeborah @BorisJohnson Could he also invade the Baltic states at the same time? I fear Putin could use chemical weapons as well as a terror weapon. How safe are UK waters from Russian naval attacks on our sonar and internet infrastructure ?
@haynesdeborah @IntelCrab @BorisJohnson Did the Russians not succeed in Chechyna? It is an independent republic but in reality under Russian control. Hardly a good example for Johnson to be citing,surely?
@haynesdeborah @ELINTNews @BorisJohnson For those Americans momentarily confused, as I was, “we also need to get over the message” here means “we also need to get across the message”, not “we also need to move past the message”.
@haynesdeborah @BorisJohnson But Chechnya is a part of Russia. So it's a good news. Thank you, @BorisJohnson