Boris Johnson urges G7 leaders to help Ukraine beat Putin

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Boris Johnson urges G7 leaders to help Ukraine beat Putin
BORIS Johnson told world leaders at the G7 that they must all chip in to help an Iraq-style “surge” to help Ukraine defeat Putin, The Sun can reveal.

The PM said more heavy arms, intelligence and training were needed to help hero President Zelensky “score a goal before half time” against the Russian invaders.

Yesterday BoJo arrived at the Bavarian summit to warn the West must not go soft on support for Ukraine - or risk giving succor to other global baddies like China.

Suggesting the war risks descending in stalemate, he said: “We should think of it as a surge.”

US General David Petraeus coined the “surge” tactic to break deadlock in the war in Iraq in 2007 with a massive influx of arms and troops to tackle insurgency.

The plea came during a meeting with President Macron on Sunday morning, where the PM warned “any attempt to settle the conflict now will only cause enduring instability and give Putin licence to manipulate both sovereign countries and international markets in perpetuity.”

As Russian missiles exploded in Ukraine’s capital Sunday, leaders from the G7 – the Group of Seven rich democracies - gathered for a summit in Germany.

U.S. President Joe Biden condemned the Kyiv strike as, “Just more of this barbarism.”

As Europe's biggest land conflict since World War Two enters its fifth month, the Western alliance supporting Kyiv has been starting to show signs of strain, with leaders fretting about the growing economic cost.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the West to stay united.

“You know, this is something that is worth us standing up for together. And that is the principle that a free, independent, sovereign country like Ukraine should not be violently invaded and should not have its boundaries changed by force.”