Boris Johnson, the UK prime minister, has urged the west to face agency towards makes an attempt by Russian president Vladimir Putin to rewrite the rules-based worldwide order by drive, as he set out a “six-point plan” for dealing with the disaster in Ukraine.
“It’s not sufficient to specific our assist for the rules-based worldwide order — we should defend it towards a sustained try and rewrite the foundations by navy drive,” Johnson mentioned.
“The world is watching. It’s not future historians however the individuals of Ukraine who might be our decide.”
Johnson set out his plan in an essay within the New York Occasions, by which he known as for renewed diplomatic efforts to de-escalate the disaster “however solely on the premise of the total participation by the reliable authorities of Ukraine”.
He additionally known as for the mobilisation of a world humanitarian coalition for Ukraine, extra tools to permit Kyiv to defend itself, most sanctions towards the Putin regime and a “fast marketing campaign” to strengthen resilience in Europe.
He mentioned the west must also be cautious of the “creeping normalisation of what Russia is doing in Ukraine”.
“Putin should fail and have to be seen to fail on this act of aggression,” he mentioned.
On Monday, Johnson will welcome Justin Trudeau and Mark Rutte, his Canadian and Dutch counterparts respectively, to Downing Avenue for discussions on how one can present solidarity with Ukraine.
In the meantime, on Tuesday, he’ll host leaders of the “V4” group of central European nations — the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia — to debate the disaster.
