Putin ‘wants to make our flesh creep’ but will not use nuclear weapons – Johnson

Former prime minister Boris Johnson spoke at an event on Ukraine (Andrew Boyers/PA)

Boris Johnson has said Vladimir Putin will not use nuclear weapons, comparing the Russian president to “the fat boy in Dickens” who wants to “make our flesh creep” with hollow threats.

The former UK prime minister was speaking at a breakfast event on Ukraine at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where he was introduced as a “legendary figure” in Ukraine.