Boris Johnson says Ukraine ‘deserves’ to host Eurovision next year

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, after arriving at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, following a surprise visit to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine (Joe Giddens/PA)

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he hopes Ukraine will be able to host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, saying the country’s people “deserve to have it”.

The BBC is in talks with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) about hosting the event after the body ruled it could not go ahead in the war-torn country as planned.