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Boris Johnson does not agree with a US Senator that Vladimir Putin should be assassinated – instead, the PM believes the Russian president should be tried in front of an international court, No 10 has said.
It follows a remark made by Lindsey Graham, of South Carolina, who has called for “somebody in Russia” to assassinate Putin in order to bring the invasion of Ukraine to an end.
But, a spokesperson for Mr Johnson said on Friday the PM thinks Putin and his associates should go before a court for the war crimes they have ordered in Ukraine - which could be possible if the current International Criminal Court (ICC) investigation finds Russia guilty.
The comments came after foreign secretary Liz Truss insisted the government is doing “all we can to support the Ukrainians” and, when pushed on sanctions, that the UK has put in place more measures on companies than any of “our counterparts across the world”. She added the current sanctions were having a “big effect in Russia.
