www.zerohedge.com By Tyler Durden
As we detailedĀ earlier, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell during Monday statements to the press appeared to openly mock the UK and US for their dramatic announcements of embassy personnel evacuations due to threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. He said there’sĀ noĀ need to “dramatize” the situationĀ given there’s high hopes that ongoing diplomacy will prevail. Moscow too has continued to condemn what it called “disinformation hysteria” prevailing in the West, which is fueling the crisis further.
But it seems London is content to hype things further, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday citingĀ “gloomy” intelligenceĀ from UK intel officials warning that Russia is planning aĀ “lightning war” to take out Ukraine’s capital of Kiev. Johnson said in a message directed at Russia that an offensive would be aĀ “disastrous step”Ā andĀ “bloody business”.
While confirming that some British diplomatic staff have begun to exit the embassy in Kiev and depart of the country, Johnson affirmed “We do think it prudent to make some changes now.”
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