Boris Johnson, former Tory prime minister, speaking to the BBC about UkraineBoris Johnson has been accused of “attention seeking” after calling for British troops to go to Ukraine immediately.Speaking shortly before the fourth anniversary of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the former prime minister said the west was only giving Ukraine enough to stop them from losing, not enough to help them win.“I think we need to show we’re willing to give the Ukrainians the military support,” he told the BBC’sSunday with Laura Kuenssberg – and that means deploying non-combat troops now.“If we can have a plan for boots on the ground for after the war, after Putin has condescended to have a ceasefire, why not do it now?” Johnson said, alluding to Keir Starmer’s promise to deploy British peace-keeping soldiers in the event of a ceasefire.“Just make this point that it is up to the Ukrainians. These people wouldn’t be there in a war-fighting capacity,” the ex-PM added.But his comments fell flat with the show’s panellists, as the Independent’s editor Geordie Greig said: “I think his comments are reckless and irresponsible.“It’s typical of the attention-seeking stance which he’s become known for.“To have unarmed British troops in Ukraine… they would be sitting ducks.“Putin has shown he can attack almost anywhere in Ukraine. The idea that Johnson can flip a switch in Putin’s mind is laughable.”He said the former Conservative PM should try to speak to Donald Trump instead, and encourage the US president to support Ukraine instead of falsely blaming the country for the lack of progress in peace talks.Editor of The Independent, Geordie Greig after Laura Kuenssberg’s completely unnecessary interview with Boris Johnson: “I think his comments are reckless & irresponsible. It’s typical of the attention-seeking stance he’s become known for”#bbclaurakpic.twitter.com/slANn4FRDD— David (@Zero_4) February 22, 2026Johnson also used his BBC interview to claim that the west “should have done more” to stand up to Putin and deter his invasion back in 2022.Johnson, who was the prime minister at the time, said: “The real problem is with Ukraine is that Putin does not believe, or he has not yet been convinced, that the west regards it as an overwhelming strategic objective for Ukraine to be a free and independent European country.”He also took aim at the White House saying there is a “delusion” in the US if they believe Putin wants peace – and claimed he had shared that sentiment with Trump.“We won’t end this war by asking the Ukrainians to make further concessions,” he said, alluding to the US’s insistence that Ukraine must give up more land to achieve a ceasefire. Related…BBC Question Time Audience Applaud At Call For Boris Johnson To Apologise For Covid DeathsNick Robinson Blasts Boris Johnson Amid BBC Anti-Trump Bias Row’Even Boris Johnson Ring-Fenced This’: Labour Under Fire For Real-Life Impacts Of Foreign Aid Cuts HuffPost UK – Athena2 – All Entries (Public) Read More