Russian President Vladimir Putin and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson discussed the situation around Ukraine.

According to the Kremlin press service, there was a rather detailed exchange of views in the context of the internal Ukrainian crisis and the situation regarding the provision of long-term legally recorded security guarantees to the Russian Federation.

The President of Russia outlined the principal approaches on these issues. In particular, he drew attention to Kyiv's chronic sabotage of the Minsk agreements.

NATO's unwillingness to adequately respond to Russia's justified concerns, while hiding behind references to the alliance's so-called "open door" policy, which contradicts the fundamental principle of the indivisibility of security, was noted," the statement said.