Putin has ‘crossed the threshold of barbarism’ with Ukraine invasion – Johnson

Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister’s Questions at the Houses of Parliament (Aaron Chown/PA)

Vladimir Putin has “already crossed the threshold of barbarism”, Boris Johnson has told ministers, as he faced calls to go further and faster in allowing Ukrainian refugees to come to the UK.

The British Prime Minister told his Cabinet on Wednesday that the West “should not hesitate to go further in strengthening sanctions and providing further defensive military aid to Ukraine”, in the face of increased aggression by the Kremlin in its invasion of the country.