Ukrainian ambassador Vadym Prystaiko defends Boris over the confected outrage following his Sunday spring forum speech:

“I was sitting in the front row when I listened to it,”

“I didn’t see this reaction coming. Because what we heard in the room, what I heard myself, is that actually we are fighting for freedom – the freedom to do what the nation wants to do.

“If you wanted to leave the European Union that’s your own sovereign decision. We respected it. We would like you to be in the European Union, but we respect this decision.”