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Watch: Boris Johnson says people need to understand the “sheer cost in human life” war could entail

Evidence suggests Russia is planning “the biggest war in Europe since 1945”, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.

He told the BBC’s Sophie Raworth in an interview: “All the signs are that the plan has already in some senses begun.”

Intelligence suggests Russia intends to launch an invasion that will encircle Ukrainian capital Kyiv, Mr Johnson said.

“People need to understand the sheer cost in human life that could entail,” he said.

The prime minister was speaking from Munich, where world leaders are meeting for an annual security conference.

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