Russia plans biggest war in Europe since 1945: UK PM

Evidence suggests that Russia is planning the biggest war in Europe since 1945 , UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the BBC.

All the signs are that the plan has already in some senses begun, he said on Saturday from Munich where world leaders are meeting for an annual security conference.

Intelligence suggests Russia intends to launch an invasion that will encircle Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Johnson told the BBC.

I’m afraid to say that the plan we are seeing is for something that could be really the biggest war in Europe since 1945 just in terms of sheer scale.

People need to understand the sheer cost in human life that could entail, he said.

The latest estimates by the US government suggests that between 169,000 and 190,000 Russian troops are now stationed along Ukraine’s border, both in Russia and neighbouring Belarus – but this figure also includes rebels in eastern Ukraine.

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