Boris Johnson warns ‘illogical’ Vladimir Putin is ‘heading for disaster’ & faces ‘bloody’ war if he invades Ukraine

BORIS Johnson has warned “illogical” Vladimir Putin is “heading for disaster” and faces a “bloody” war if he invades Ukraine. The world is waiting with bated breath to see what Russia will do next – after signs show that plans to invade Ukraine have “already begun.” BBCBoris Johnson has warned Russia is facing a ‘bloody’ war[/caption] Speaking to BBC, the PM urged Putin to “engage in serious diplomatic conversation” now to avoid the “biggest war in Europe since 1945”. Western nations have warned that Russia could invade Ukraine at any moment — with more than 190,000 of its troops, plus around 10,000 from puppet state Belarus, massed near the border.  Putin is accused of trying to stage a fake crisis in a pro-Russian breakaway eastern region of Ukraine to give a bogus excuse to attack. Meanwhile, the PM has warned Putin he will face decades of “bloodshed and misery” if his troops invade Ukraine. Mr Johnson said a full-scale attack by Russia would “echo around the world” — with catastrophic consequences. He predicted it would leave the Kremlin boss bogged down with crippling sanctions while fighting a “long and hideous” war. Mr Johnson hammered home the stark message as President Putin personally oversaw missile drills close to the Ukraine border. In a powerful speech to western leaders, the PM warned Russia’s military build-up had created “extreme danger for the world”. It comes as: Vladimir Putin oversaw nuclear and hypersonic weapons drills amid the tensionsBoris Johnson warned Vladimir Putin will “pile the coffins high” with war in UkraineIt was warned the UK is fighting with “one hand tied” against a resurgent Russia and ChinaHuge explosions were heard in eastern Ukraine overnight amid fears of imminent invasionBritain has moved its embassy in Kyiv some 336 miles away as the tensions ragePro-Russian rebels ordered an evacuation from the Donbas – accusing Ukraine of planning an attack He told a security conference in Munich the “omens are grim” on the possibility of an invasion in the next few days. And he rallied western partners to remain united against the threat because the stakes could not be higher.  The shockwaves of an invasion would lead other tyrants to conclude that “aggression pays”, he added. Mr Johnson said: “If Ukraine is overwhelmed, we will witness the destruction of a democratic state, a country that has been free for a generation, with a proud history of elections. “Every time that western ministers have visited Kyiv, we’ve assured the people of Ukraine and their leaders that we stand four-square behind their sovereignty and independence. “How hollow, how meaningless, how insulting those words would seem if — at the very moment when their sovereignty and independence is imperilled — we simply look away.”  Russia and Ukraine have been at loggerheads ever since Kyiv began to grow closer to the West – leading Russia to annexing Crimea in 2014 and stoking separatists to take up arms in the Donbas in eastern Ukraine.