British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on February 15 shouted at Russian President Vladimir Putin in Chinese on Weibo about the situation in Ukraine:
“We are on the edge of a cliff, but President Putin still has time to step back and think. We urge everyone to engage in dialogue – the Russian government should avoid making decisions that would be catastrophically wrong for their country. “
The Russian Embassy in Beijing replied on February 16 that the Downing Street statement is another example of the West’s information warfare against Russia and that this statement, which aims to further inflame the hysteria it manipulates around the alleged imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine, is absurd. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov referred to such Western propaganda actions as information terrorism.
Subsequently, the Russian Embassy in Beijing went on to state in a post that the Russian Federation is not conducting any major military activity and that its troops are stationed on its territory and do not pose a threat to anyone. If the West is truly committed to reducing military danger, then they should be concerned about the actions of Ukraine and its patrons, for it is they who have created this danger. The continued military development in Ukraine by NATO countries through the supply of large quantities of weapons to the country is an example of the escalation of the situation.
After this Weibo from @英国首相 (British Prime Minister) was sent out, it quickly made it to the top of Weibo’s hot search list. Chinese netizens were very puzzled by it, why Johnson shouted at Putin on Chinese social media? Some netizens sarcastically said, “How old is he and he has to tell his teacher?”
The last post on the British Prime Minister Weibo account was on November 12, 2021, and the content was related to China-US climate action.
