"Putin is laughing at us": Boris Johnson on Trump-Putin talks

He wrote about it on X.

“What a surprise - Putin rejects an unconditional ceasefire,” Johnson wrote.

According to him, the Russian leader wants to continue “bombing and killing innocent Ukrainians.”

“He wants Ukraine disarmed. He wants Ukraine neutralised. He wants to make Ukraine a vassal state of Russia. He isn’t negotiating. He’s laughing at us,” the diplomat emphasized.

Trump-Putin call

On March 18, U.S. President Donald Trump held a phone conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin that lasted about two hours. According to both parties, they agreed on a limited stop in attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Moscow also demanded a suspension of mobilization in Ukraine and the rearmament of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during a potential ceasefire.

After the talks between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the Kremlin leader had effectively rejected the proposal for a complete ceasefire.

On Sunday, March 23, representatives of the U.S. and Russia will hold negotiations in Saudi Arabia regarding the details of halting strikes on energy and civilian infrastructure in the Russian-Ukrainian war.