Article 5XDHZ Please don’t compare Ukraine to Brexit, Petro Poroshenko asks Boris Johnson

Please don’t compare Ukraine to Brexit, Petro Poroshenko asks Boris Johnson

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Jamie Grierson
from World news | The Guardian on (#5XDHZ)

Former president rejects PM's conference remarks, saying zero' citizens died over vote to leave EU

Ukraine's former president Petro Poroshenko has asked Boris Johnson not to compare the UK's Brexit vote to his country's fight against Russia, saying zero" citizens died because of the decision to leave the European Union.

Johnson's comparison, when he suggested British people backed Brexit with 52% of the vote because, like the Ukrainians, they choose freedom every time", was greeted with disbelief.

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