UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told BBC Newsnight that he's not optimistic that Russian President Putin wants peace, APA reports citing BBC.
"I think he's decided to double down and try to Groznify the great cities of Ukraine," he told Newsnight's political editor Nick Watt.
"Groznify" is a reference to the Chechen city of Grozny, which Russia bombed and besieged in 1999-2000.