Putin hits back at Johnsons claim a woman wouldnt have invaded Ukraine

Vladimir Putin hits back at British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s claim that if the Russian President were a woman he would not have invaded Ukraine.

On Thursday, during a visit to Turkmenistan, Putin pointed to former British leader Margaret Thatcher’s decision to send troops into the Falklands.

 “It’s not an entirely accurate reference from the British Prime Minister to what is happening today.”

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Johnson took a dig at Moscow’s leader on Tuesday saying that Putin’s “special military operation” against Ukraine is a “perfect example of toxic masculinity” and mocked Putin’s macho posturing.

“If Putin was a woman, which he obviously isn’t, but if he were, I really don’t think he would’ve embarked on a crazy, macho war of invasion and violence in the way that he has,” Johnson said.

He also called for better education for girls around the world, and for “more women in positions of power,” Al Jazeera reported.

As the war in Ukraine entered its fifth month, Russian offensive in several parts intensified with scores of civilians dead after a Russian rocket allegedly struck a crowded mall in the city of Kremenchuk. Following the attack, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Putin of becoming “a terrorist.” He also said that Russia is the “largest terrorist organization in the world.”

In a virtual address to the UN Security Council, Zelenskyy urged the UN to establish an international tribunal to investigate “the actions of Russian occupiers on Ukrainian soil.”

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“We need to act urgently to do everything to make Russia stop the killing spree,” Zelenskyy said, adding: “Putin has become a terrorist,” he said. “Daily terrorist acts, without weekends. Every day they are working as terrorists.”

Meanwhile, the governor of Luhansk said that“constant airstrikes” are being carried out in Lysychansk destroying the police department and damaging part of the oil refinery.

“It is difficult to find a safe place in the city. People dream of at least half an hour of silence, but the occupiers do not stop firing from all available weapons,” Serhiy Haidai wrote on Telegram.