{"id":1362068,"date":"2022-03-07T09:10:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T14:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362068"},"modified":"2022-03-07T09:11:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-07T14:11:01","slug":"bojo-praises-biden-and-eu-in-calls-for-harsher-action-against-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bojo-praises-biden-and-eu-in-calls-for-harsher-action-against-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"BoJo Praises Biden and EU In Calls for Harsher Action Against Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbojo-praises-biden-and-eu-in-calls-for-harsher-action-against-russia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1362068&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1236276759-e1646645986633-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Britain\u2019s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has praised both U.S. President Joe Biden as well as the EU in his call for further sanctions to be levied against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Both the European Union and President Biden have been praised by Prime Minister Johson over their role in the ongoing Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Johnson made the comments while calling for harsher sanctions to be implemented against Vladimir Putin\u2019s Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Britain having often <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/03\/19\/biden-sides-eu-against-britain-northern-ireland-backs-internal-uk-borders\/\">frosty<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/30\/fishing-wars-france-says-britain-should-be-punished-brexit\/\">relations<\/a> with both Biden\u2019s America and the EU in recent times, the British premier heaped praises onto both in an opinion article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/03\/06\/opinion\/boris-johnson-russia-putin-ukraine-war.html\">published<\/a> in <em>The New York Times<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden has displayed great leadership, consulting and convening allies, exposing the lie that America\u2019s commitment to Europe is somehow diminished,\u201d Boris Johnson claimed, further suggesting that\u00a0\u201cThe European Union has undertaken a remarkable effort to align behind severe sanctions on Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cDozens of European countries are sending defensive equipment to Ukraine\u2019s armed forces,\u201d he wrote, telling the reader that even more needed to be done to bring the Russians to heel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[H]ave we done enough for Ukraine? The honest answer is no,\u201d Johnson asserted.<\/p>\n<p>The Briton\u2019s article goes on to list a six-step plan for taking on Russia, including increasing weapons exports \u2014 something which he euphemistically calls \u201cdefensive aid\u201d \u2014 to Ukraine, as well as stripping all Russian banks of their ability to use the SWIFT banking transfer system, This technology is key when doing international business in the modern world.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson insisted, however, that he and his allies have no ill intent towards the Russian people and that \u2014 seemingly despite the fact that the Prime Minister\u2019s official Twitter account is completely <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/10DowningStreet\">decked out<\/a> in the colours of Ukraine, and that Britain and its allies are currently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/01\/boris-johnson-rules-out-british-forces-fighting-russia-in-ukraine-shuts-down-no-fly-zone-calls\/\">exporting munitions<\/a> to one party in the Ukrainian conflict \u2014 NATO has no place in the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a NATO conflict, and it will not become one,\u201d the Conservative Party leader claimed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNo [NATO] ally has sent combat troops to Ukraine. We have no hostility toward the Russian people, and we have no desire to impugn a great nation and a world power.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lizz Truss, Britain&#8217;s Foreign Secretary, says she supports British citizens journeying to Ukraine to volunteer to fight against Russia \u2014 despite the British state previously having punished people who travelled overseas to fight ISIS <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gVxEUc1I7d\">https:\/\/t.co\/gVxEUc1I7d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1497948987600609288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s claim that no NATO country has sent combat troops to Ukraine \u2014 while true \u2014 leaves out the fact that the British government recently had one of its most senior Cabinet members\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/02\/27\/uk-foreign-secretary-supports-britons-going-to-ukraine-to-fight-russia\/\">actively supporting<\/a>\u00a0the idea of British citizens travelling to Ukraine to take up arms against the Russian military on television.<\/p>\n<p>Liz Truss, who serves as Britain\u2019s Foreign Secretary, gave her full support last week to those who want to travel to Ukraine to fight Russia, saying she \u201cabsolutely\u201d backs British citizens who want to take up arms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe people of Ukraine are fighting for freedom and democracy, not just for Ukraine but for the whole of Europe because that is what President Putin is challenging,\u201d Truss suggested during an interview, adding: \u201cabsolutely, if people want to support that struggle, I would support them in doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Such a booming endorsement \u2014 especially in the face of the fact that British citizens have previously been jailed under terror charges for volunteering in foreign conflict zones \u2014 does not appear to have gone down too well with Downing Street, with the government later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2022\/03\/01\/on-second-thoughts-maybe-not-u-turn-on-britons-fighting-in-ukraine\/\">clarifying<\/a> that those who travel for such a reason do face possible prosecution on their return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you travel to eastern Ukraine to fight, or to assist others engaged in the conflict, your activities may amount to offences against UK terrorism or other legislation and you could be prosecuted on your return to the UK,\u201d the website of Truss\u2019s department reads, completely contradicting her earlier statements.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blinken Claims He Is Working on Polish Jet Plan Poland Called \u2018Fake News\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1b1tkQ3cCx\">https:\/\/t.co\/1b1tkQ3cCx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1500556668572160005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5 class=\"western\"><em><span>Follow Breitbart London on Facebook:<\/span><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BreitbartLondon\/\"><span>Breitbart London<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain\u2019s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has praised both U.S. President Joe Biden as well as the EU in his call for further sanctions to be levied against Russia. 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