UK’s Johnson Says Sanctions May Not Stop Putin as Russian Official Accuses the West of ‘Warmongering’

The UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 19, 2022. Matt Dunham/PA

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Sunday that sanctions from the West “may not be enough” to stop a Russian invasion of Ukraine as he accepts President Vladimir Putin is “possibly thinking illogically.”

But a Russian official dismissed predictions of war, accusing Western leaders of “warmongering” and Ukraine of “shelling peaceful populations” in the Donbas region.