Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called journalist Tucker Carlson a "traitor" for his interview with President Vladimir Putin published on X on Friday.
"We must not fall for this fabric of lies, primarily the idea that Putin is somehow destined to succeed in Ukraine," Johnson said.
“On the contrary, it is doomed.”
The British politician asked his followers to read his long op-ed for Daily Mail
In his op-ed, Johnson claimed that Carlson was a "traitor to journalism" by "playing the dictaphone to the dictator."
The Russian president's extended explanation of Ukraine's history was just "a mixture of half-chewed Wikipedia and outright lies."
Carlson failed the job by failing to ask “tough questions” and hold him accountable for “torture, rape, and the bombing of kindergartens allegedly committed by the Russian military”—atrocities that Western supporters of Ukraine often cite without evidence.
In particular, Johnson took issue with what he considered the “ludicrous claim” that
"the UK government convinced the Ukrainians to fight on rather than surrender to Putin's mercy in spring 2022".
and claimed that "every member of the Ukrainian government will confirm" that it was Kiev who decided to terminate the peace agreement.
Featured Image: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (j) welcomes former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (b, front) in Kiev on Jan. 22, 2023, in this photo released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service. MTI/EPA/Ukraine Presidential Press Service
