‘Crocodile’ Putin making ‘palpable progress’ in eastern Ukraine, warns Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson has struck a gloomy note on the war in Ukraine, warning that Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is making “palpable progress” in his bid to seize the eastern Donbas region.

The prime minister said western states should not be “lulled” by early Ukrainian successes around capital Kyiv into thinking the threat from Russia had been overcome.

He said it was “absolutely vital” for countries like the UK to keep supporting Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration by sending military supplies.