As previously reported, former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt, and European security officials traveled on it from Ukraine, leaving the station earlier than planned.
According to „Der Spiegel“, European politicians traveling from Ukraine were forced to evacuate the train due to a drone attack.
The news portal „Kyiv Post“ notes that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin has repeatedly blamed B. Johnson for the failed 2022 negotiations in Istanbul, claiming that his visit to Kyiv allegedly convinced Ukraine not to make an agreement with Moscow.
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In a 2024 interview with the controversial journalist Tucker Carlson, he called that alleged decision “ridiculous and very sad,” again portraying the former British prime minister as the main figure responsible for the failed negotiations.
B. Johnson himself called this version Russian propaganda, and President Volodymyr Zelensky also denied that the former prime minister discouraged Kyiv from a peace agreement. The Ukrainian negotiation team stated that the talks failed due to fundamental disagreements, and Russian violence in Bucha essentially changed the political environment.
