BREAKING: The Kremlin calls Boris Johnson a liar over claims Putin threatened to kill him with missile ahead of Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Kremlin has called Boris Johnson a liar and denied claims made by the ex-PM that Vladimir Putin threatened to kill him with a missile in a call ahead of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

"There were no threats of missiles," Mr Peskov said.

"It is either a deliberate lie - so you have to ask Mr Johnson why he chose to put it that way - or it was an unconscious lie and he did not in fact understand what Putin was talking to him about."

Mr Peskov said President Putin had told Mr Johnson if Ukraine joined NATO, it would mean US or NATO missiles placed near Russia's borders would be able to reach Moscow in a matter of minutes, and suggested that there may have been a misunderstanding.

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