The Boris Johnson and Sir Tony Radakin Interview

鲍里斯·约翰逊与托尼·拉达金爵士访谈

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2026-02-22

27 分钟
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This is Laura’s full exclusive interview with former prime minister Boris Johnson and his chief of the defence staff Tony Radakin. They reflect on four years of war in Ukraine; their attempts to prevent it, their efforts to support Ukraine and their hopes for the future. We’ll also have a normal Sunday edition of Newscast in you feeds very shortly.
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  • Hello, Newscasters.

  • It's Laura with a special conversation that we recorded in the couple of days before the fourth anniversary of the long and bitter war in Ukraine.

  • In the early hours of the 24th of February in 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine.

  • Around the continent and in Whitehall and Westminster,

  • decisions had to be made about how the UK was going to respond.

  • This week, I sat down with the former Prime Minister and the former head of the military,

  • Admiral Sartoni Radhikan,

  • to talk about those dramatic worrying concerning moments when Vladimir Putin's tanks rolled into Ukraine.

  • I spoke to them about what now, And what could come next?

  • And what are the possible ways out of a conflict that has now lasted nearly as long as the First World War?

  • Here's our conversation with Boris Johnson and Admiral Sir Tony Rathen.

  • Take us back then to that moment, the early hours in February 2022.

  • The phone call came and the invasion was on.

  • Yes, this was about.

  • Four in the morning maybe bit earlier from the National Security Adviser Stephen Lovegrove and he he rang me to say That it was happening.