Boris Johnson: British Troops Should Absolutely Help Defend Ukraine’s Border as Part of Any Peace Deal

HOST I ve just ░░░░░░░░ Estonia s minister of ░░░░░░░░ affairs and he said ░░░░░░░░ terms of security guarantees ░░░░░░░░ might be part of ░░░░░░░░ future deal the only ░░░░░░░░ in town is NATO ░░░░░░░░ 5 There is nothing ░░░░░░░░ of it You ve ░░░░░░░░ bilateral agreements but that ░░░░░░░░ didn t say it ░░░░░░░░ be effective It s ░░░░░░░░ 5 or bust I ░░░░░░░░ is that your view ░░░░░░░░ Yes HOST And is ░░░░░░░░ well what would be ░░░░░░░░ would be your view ░░░░░░░░ of any ceasefire that ░░░░░░░░ NATO troops U K ░░░░░░░░ policing not policing but ░░░░░░░░ some U N endorsed ░░░░░░░░ Johnson I think the ░░░░░░░░ government and I think ░░░░░░░░ needs to Macron to ░░░░░░░░ Frank has been saying ░░░░░░░░ interesting stuff than than ░░░░░░░░ the Labor government at ░░░░░░░░ moment about this issue ░░░░░░░░ I think that we ░░░░░░░░ to be spelling out ░░░░░░░░ kind of security guarantees ░░░░░░░░ think are appropriate And ░░░░░░░░ agree very much with ░░░░░░░░ Estonian friend The only ░░░░░░░░ that really works is ░░░░░░░░ NATO Article 5 guarantee ░░░░░░░░ has kept the peace ░░░░░░░░ Europe 80 years It ░░░░░░░░ the reason the Baltic ░░░░░░░░ are in NATO It ░░░░░░░░ the reason that the ░░░░░░░░ the Hungarians the Czechs ░░░░░░░░ Finns the Swedes are ░░░░░░░░ NATO Now all of ░░░░░░░░ countries I think with ░░░░░░░░ possible exception of Sweden ░░░░░░░░ reason they re in ░░░░░░░░ is because they have ░░░░░░░░ traumatic memories of Russian ░░░░░░░░ right And now Ukraine ░░░░░░░░ it The only future ░░░░░░░░ Ukraine having gone through ░░░░░░░░ carnage this abominable cruelty ░░░░░░░░ so long now three ░░░░░░░░ the only long term ░░░░░░░░ is to give them ░░░░░░░░ protection And the question ░░░░░░░░ how do you socialize ░░░░░░░░ with the NATO membership ░░░░░░░░ do you get and ░░░░░░░░ what you can t ░░░░░░░░ is do what the ░░░░░░░░ government is currently doing ░░░░░░░░ is going about saying ░░░░░░░░ it wants NATO membership ░░░░░░░░ can t even talk ░░░░░░░░ it It s pathetic ░░░░░░░░ s pathetic It s ░░░░░░░░ to we helped begin ░░░░░░░░ North Atlantic Treaty Organization ░░░░░░░░ country and we should ░░░░░░░░ leading we should be ░░░░░░░░ out this is where ░░░░░░░░ get back to my ░░░░░░░░ answer to you we ░░░░░░░░ be spelling out the ░░░░░░░░ of the end state ░░░░░░░░ this And they have ░░░░░░░░ be a free independent ░░░░░░░░ Ukraine that is embedded ░░░░░░░░ western security architecture Now ░░░░░░░░ my money that has ░░░░░░░░ be NATO I don ░░░░░░░░ see any alternative Now ░░░░░░░░ ask what would be ░░░░░░░░ U K commitment Well ░░░░░░░░ think we should I ░░░░░░░░ this is something that ░░░░░░░░ to President Trump as ░░░░░░░░ it would be a ░░░░░░░░ that is very substantially ░░░░░░░░ by the Ukrainians themselves ░░░░░░░░ I think we should ░░░░░░░░ be putting troops in ░░░░░░░░ backfill absolutely HOST British ░░░░░░░░ Johnson Yeah I think ░░░░░░░░ the areas I don ░░░░░░░░ think we should be ░░░░░░░░ in combat troops to ░░░░░░░░ on the Russians but ░░░░░░░░ think as part of ░░░░░░░░ solution as part of ░░░░░░░░ end state you re ░░░░░░░░ to want to have ░░░░░░░░ European peacekeeping forces monitoring ░░░░░░░░ border but also helping ░░░░░░░░ Ukrainians And I cannot ░░░░░░░░ that such a European ░░░░░░░░ could possibly happen without ░░░░░░░░ British We ve got ░░░░░░░░ be there That s ░░░░░░░░ long day s March ░░░░░░░░ the U K sending ░░░░░░░░ to fight Russians as ░░░░░░░░ said but that s ░░░░░░░░ be part of the ░░░░░░░░