Boris Johnson latest news: PM warns Putin aims to ‘destroy vision of free Europe’

Speaking in Warsaw, Boris Johnson said: “What we are going to do is we are extending the family scheme so that actually very considerable numbers would be eligible… you could be talking about a couple of hundred thousand, maybe more.

“Additionally, we are going to have a humanitarian scheme and then a scheme by which UK companies and citizens can sponsor individual Ukrainians to come to the UK.”

Boris Johnson said more would be done to allow Ukrainians to come to the UK, with around 200,000 eligible under an expanded route for people to bring family members in.

Boris Johnson has said his government will set up a scheme allowing British people and companies to sponsor Ukrainian refugees to come to the UK.

The prime minister is under pressure to expand Britain’s offer to refugees looking to flee the eastern European country following the invasion by Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

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The Prince of Wales has said the values ​​of democracy are under attack in Ukraine in the “most unconscionable way”, adding “we are in solidarity with all those who are resisting brutal aggression”.

The NHS is encouraging hospitals to shore up cyber security and examining its supply chain resilience in the wake of the situation in Ukraine, the head of the service in England has said.

Asked about the conflict, Amanda Pritchard told the Nuffield Trust Summit Series event: “What does it mean for us? The first thing is support for our staff who are from Ukraine but I’m also talking about wider support for all of our staff including anybody from Eastern Europe or Russia.

“We have had an outpouring of support locally for people whose families might be affected by this or who are worried themselves… so the more that we can do to provide both practical and emotional support for staff who are affected by this, that’s got to be top of mind.

“The second thing (is cyber) – we have written out to the NHS, a lot of it is just a good practice about what you should be doing around cybersecurity, but again, this just kind of brings it to the forefront.

“And I think for those organisations, who are still just working through some patching and other things, just encouraging people to make that the focus at the moment.

The NHS is encouraging hospitals to shore up cyber security and examining its supply chain resilience in the wake of the situation in Ukraine, the head of the service in England has said.

More comments from Johnson’s speech in Poland, where he suggested sanctions on Russia could be further tightened.

He said: “There is plainly more to be done on Swift, we can tighten up yet further on Swift, even though it has had a dramatic effect already I think we do need to go further.

“There’s more to be done on Sberbank, there’s more to be done on the freezing of Russian assets.

“I think there’s genuine amazement and dismay in Russia about what has happened already but there is more to be done.”

There could be more “severing of sporting links” and “cracking down on the billionaires associated with Vladimir Putin”.

Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer has warned his MPs that any of them who attempt to attack Nato or indulge in “false equivalence” with Russian aggression will be kicked out of the party.

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Russian president Vladimir Putin wants to “overthrow the Cold War order” and destroy the vision of a “free Europe,” Boris Johnson has said.

The prime minister was speaking in Poland earlier as he visits Nato allies on day six of the war, with fears the conflict could escalate.

Mr Johnson spoke as a Russian convoy about 40 miles long descended on the Ukraine capital Kyiv.

More comments from PM’s speech in Warsaw.

He accused Putin of unleashing “barbaric and indiscriminate” violence against Ukrainian civilians as Russian forces closed in on Kyiv.

Mr Johnson said the Russian president had decided to “bomb tower blocks, to send missiles into tower blocks, to kill children, as we are seeing in increasing numbers”.

But he said that in the “grim war” Mr Putin had “fatally underestimated” the resistance of the Ukrainians and the resolve of the West to act.

The Prime Minister paid tribute to the “leadership and courage” of Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president.

“I think he has inspired and mobilized not only his own people, he is inspiring and mobilizing the world in outrage at what is happening in Ukraine,” Mr Johnson added.

Labor has refused to back calls for an open door policy for Ukrainian refugees, after nearly 40 Tory MPs said the UK should adopt one.

Speaking on Monday evening the opposition party’s international development spokesperson was asked about demand but would only say the process for applying to come to the UK should be “simplified”.

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