 Putin threatened Boris Johnson with missile strike. Boris Johnson has said Vladimir Putin threatened him with a missile strike in an extraordinary phone call in the run-up to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The then Prime Minister said Putin told him it would only take a minute. Johnson said the comment was made after he warned the war would be an utter catastrophe during a very long call in February 2022. Details of the exchange are revealed in a BBC documentary examining Putin's interactions with world leaders. Johnson said he threatened me and at one point he said Boris I don't want to hurt you but with a missile it would only take a minute or something like that. Jolly. But I think from the very relaxed tone that he was taking the sort of air of detachment that he seemed to have, he was just playing along with my attempts to get him to negotiate. President Putin had been very familiar during the most extraordinary call. Johnson said it is impossible to know if Putin's threat was genuine. However, given previous Russian attacks on the UK, most recently in Salisbury in 2018, any threat from the Russian leader, however lightly delivered, is probably one Johnson would have no choice but to take seriously. Johnson says he offered to help move Zelensky to safety. He doesn't take me up on the offer. He heroically stayed where he was. He stressed.