‘Putin does not want peace’ says Boris Johnson – BBC Newsnight

UK Prime Minister Johnson has told BBC Newsnight that he was "not optimistic" that Putin really wants peace. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog

"I think he’s decided to double-down and to try to ‘Groznyfy’ the great cities of Ukraine in the way that he’s always tried to do – and I think that’s a tragic mistake," he said.

But in a sit down interview with Newsnight’s Political Editor Nick Watt, he said he believes Ukraine “can certainly win this war”.

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